tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476879255210454318.post3073961759308045229..comments2023-10-24T00:26:25.926-10:00Comments on RD Meyer Writes: Cultural AppropriationRD Meyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15152909771651635284noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476879255210454318.post-79087556139759585132016-10-16T06:17:44.886-10:002016-10-16T06:17:44.886-10:00Exactly! Literature would be awfully limited if w...Exactly! Literature would be awfully limited if we only wrote about folks who looked and thought like us.RD Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152909771651635284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476879255210454318.post-12089876592506337992016-10-09T20:56:44.459-10:002016-10-09T20:56:44.459-10:00Strong words! Let's see, how do I feel about t...Strong words! Let's see, how do I feel about this? Well, of my published novels one main protagonist is a California woman (I'm from Indiana), the second is an Hispanic woman, and the third is a fifteen year old girl ... and I'm a middle-aged man. Yeah, I'm inclined to agree with you.<br /><br />Come to think of it, my first big fandom was the Oz books, in which the two main characters were preteen girls in a magical fantasy land, as written by a middle aged Midwestern male. Was he appropriating the culture of scarecrows, tin men, Wizards, and talking lions? And what would people have thought of the second Oz book, in which an all-female army invades the Emerald City?<br /><br />The whole thing's ridiculous. As writers we're *supposed* to put ourselves into the skins of others.Mark R Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07685591390353442531noreply@blogger.com