Boy, You Have To Put Some Effort In

[redbrunja]

Junot Diaz continues to speaking fucking truth about men writing women*.

(BTW, this totally applies to white writers writing characters of color as well.)

Comments

[phemyscira.livejournal.com]

*gets up and gives Junot Diaz an anchor*

This is so, so true and I agree that this can be applied to white writers who write characters of colour. Heck, it can be applied to any person who tries to portray a character who fits under the category of the "The Other" without doing their research first or questioning how society views them in the first place.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

That is an excellent quote.

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

That's a great quote.

Every time one of my male writer friends says, "Well, I didn't care much about my MC's first girlfriend, but then she dies..." I just want to say "Stop right there."

[mistaria.livejournal.com]

Hahaha "Ok. Sir..." cracked me up.