alder-knight:cosetties:i really like the advice “write marginalized characters but don’t write...

alder-knight:

cosetties:

i really like the advice“write marginalized characters but don’t write about marginalization unless you experience it”

absolutely i think cis people should expand their horizons and write trans characters, but they shouldn’t write stories about being trans. likewise i think allistic / NT authors shouldwrite about autistic characters! but not stories about being autistic.

represent us. absolutely. but don’t tell our stories. let us do that.

YOOOOOOO. This is an exce...