There seems to be a movement for diversity in pop culture. It's called #TrueStories, and it allegedly started on Twitter, then got its own Tumblr blog. Now there's an app for it - just go to the PapTap market store, then search 'True Stories'. How it works is, you submit an anecdote or poetry from your own life that has to do with your marginalization and that you think would make a good idea for a TV show, comic, book, or movie, then writers are supposed to find it and use it. The #TrueStories - as in #TrueNativeStories, #TrueDisabledStories, or #TrueGayStories - hashtag has only been popping up on social media in the past few days as far as I'm aware, so I assume it's fairly new. It seems like a good idea, and a good way to put marginalized people at the center of our own stories and empower us.
So far, I've submitted two anecdotes from my own life - the story of how I managed to convince the world I was straight as a sophomore, and the story of how I realized I was arospec - as well as my poem "Selfish Love". There's some really good stuff on there, like this really ethereal poem by a woman named Talia about being sapphic, or the story of two lesbians who fell in love over the course of several decades and finally got married when they were elderly women. There's also a list of rules for representing minorities respectfully.
At the moment, it's mainly LGBT focused, but there's also been things about disability, race, religion, and body image on the #TrueStories Twitter account (which is under @FalconsWrite for some reason - why the creator likes birds so much, I have no idea) and the feminism behind it seems nicely intersectional. I'm interested to see where this goes and whether it takes off, and if everyone could promote it that would be awesome.
So far, I've submitted two anecdotes from my own life - the story of how I managed to convince the world I was straight as a sophomore, and the story of how I realized I was arospec - as well as my poem "Selfish Love". There's some really good stuff on there, like this really ethereal poem by a woman named Talia about being sapphic, or the story of two lesbians who fell in love over the course of several decades and finally got married when they were elderly women. There's also a list of rules for representing minorities respectfully.
At the moment, it's mainly LGBT focused, but there's also been things about disability, race, religion, and body image on the #TrueStories Twitter account (which is under @FalconsWrite for some reason - why the creator likes birds so much, I have no idea) and the feminism behind it seems nicely intersectional. I'm interested to see where this goes and whether it takes off, and if everyone could promote it that would be awesome.
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