As I wrote in my elevator pitch post, I want to write things that will bring sexuality and gender minorities into the spotlight. My hope is that in doing so (through both fiction and non-fiction works), acceptance will increase.
Not only mainstream acceptance, but also self-acceptance.
The Wonder Woman movie (2017) was important in a few different ways. But, arguably, one of the most important things about it was that many of the viewers who saw a woman superhero were little girls.
They saw a badass, determined, well-written woman who was even beautiful without being eye-candy.
They saw someone like them who was worth aspiring to be like.
That's something I want to do for people who usually fall under the "other" category to the mainstream.
When you see parts of yourself in someone else, you realize you aren't alone and your uniqueness doesn't make you unworthy. You aren't inhibited anymore by invisibility. ...Or at least not as much.
And, hey, if my work can increase mainstream acceptance, too, then all the better.
~Liss
Not only mainstream acceptance, but also self-acceptance.
The Wonder Woman movie (2017) was important in a few different ways. But, arguably, one of the most important things about it was that many of the viewers who saw a woman superhero were little girls.
They saw a badass, determined, well-written woman who was even beautiful without being eye-candy.
They saw someone like them who was worth aspiring to be like.
That's something I want to do for people who usually fall under the "other" category to the mainstream.
When you see parts of yourself in someone else, you realize you aren't alone and your uniqueness doesn't make you unworthy. You aren't inhibited anymore by invisibility. ...Or at least not as much.
And, hey, if my work can increase mainstream acceptance, too, then all the better.
~Liss
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