Interesting.

Originally shared by Brie “Beau” Sheldon

http://qz.com/474671/move-over-shakespeare-teen-girls-are-the-real-language-disruptors/

Some interesting thoughts on video games, literature, and whose preferences get canonised. 

The publishing industry really has no idea what its audience will and won’t relate to.

Originally shared by Steve Turnbull

Very interesting article…

Seeing someone you think of as “like you” represented in media as a person with agency helps you believe in yourself.

But seeing someone you think of as “unlike you” portrayed sympathetically in media can help reduce prejudice.

Both good reasons for increasing diversity in media. 

Ehhhhhhh.

I’ve never heard of the author concerned, but I’ve read several of the authors in the anthology he’s knocking, and they write well.

Look for the misplaced apostrophes in his review, which essentially says, “I get to define what SF and space opera are, and this isn’t it. Good try, ladies.”

Originally shared by The Mary Sue

Wow. All the cringes. Just all of them.

This article makes a good point, also relevant to fiction: offering a limited range of experiences excludes both creators and consumers.

I personally love the Portal games, but there haven’t been any other major games like them.

Originally shared by Derrick “Quite Clever” Sanders

This. This right here. Yes, yes, yes.

Karen Price Lex Larson Donna Buckles Kimberly Chapman 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/10/video-games-diversity-problem-runs-deeper-than-race-gender