19 January 2024 - Adequate Representation in Fiction

Episode 14 of the The Purple Pawedcast podcast, hosted by Amethysta Herrick, Ph.D., titled "19 January 2024 - Adequate Representation in Fiction" was published on January 19, 2024 and runs 65 minutes.

January 19, 2024 ·65m · The Purple Pawedcast

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Today on the program, I speak with Amanda Lien, a technical copywriter and published science fiction author. Amanda gives us the lowdown on why technology and fiction must show humanity as it is - to remind each of us we are a part of it. We talk about how marketing frequently doesn't get it, lament villains made worse by being gay, and remember 1970s pop music.REFERENCES:Amanda Lien professional website: https://www.amandajlien.com/Find Amanda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandajlien/-sense"I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_WomanGender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com/(00:00) - Show opening (00:37) - Introducing Amanda Lien (01:15) - If you know...you know (06:47) - Conducting yourself professionally should be enough (09:25) - Representation is about getting it (12:46) - Things are better and worse (14:48) - Gender neutrality in anime (20:53) - When villians are only "queer" (26:28) - Tell the stories nobody else will give you (30:37) - Representation is not always appreciated (33:25) - What is good representation? (38:32) - Hear me roar with my power (44:20) - Token representation is worse than none (49:50) - Quality is the point of representation (53:58) - A hidden cost of representation in film (58:49) - Feeling uncomfortable about taking the spotlight (01:04:10) - Show closing ★ Support this podcast ★

Episode Description

Today on the program, I speak with Amanda Lien, a technical copywriter and published science fiction author. Amanda gives us the lowdown on why technology and fiction must show humanity as it is - to remind each of us we are a part of it. We talk about how marketing frequently doesn't get it, lament villains made worse by being gay, and remember 1970s pop music.

REFERENCES:

Amanda Lien professional website: https://www.amandajlien.com/
Find Amanda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandajlien/-sense

"I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Woman
Gender Identity Today: https://genderidentitytoday.com/

(00:00) - Show opening
(00:37) - Introducing Amanda Lien
(01:15) - If you know...you know
(06:47) - Conducting yourself professionally should be enough
(09:25) - Representation is about getting it
(12:46) - Things are better and worse
(14:48) - Gender neutrality in anime
(20:53) - When villians are only "queer"
(26:28) - Tell the stories nobody else will give you
(30:37) - Representation is not always appreciated
(33:25) - What is good representation?
(38:32) - Hear me roar with my power
(44:20) - Token representation is worse than none
(49:50) - Quality is the point of representation
(53:58) - A hidden cost of representation in film
(58:49) - Feeling uncomfortable about taking the spotlight
(01:04:10) - Show closing

★ Support this podcast ★

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