Today on the program, I speak with Amanda Lien, a technical copywriter and published science fiction author.  Amanda gives us the lowdown on why technology and fiction must show humanity as it is - to remind each of us we are a part of it.  We talk about how marketing frequently doesn't get it, lament villains made worse by being gay, and remember 1970s pop music.REFERENCES:Amanda Lien professional website:  https://www.amandajlien.com/Find Amanda on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandajlien/-sense"I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_WomanGender Identity Today:  https://genderidentitytoday.com/(00:00) - Show opening

(00:37) - Introducing Amanda Lien

(01:15) - If you know...you know

(06:47) - Conducting yourself professionally should be enough

(09:25) - Representation is about getting it

(12:46) - Things are better and worse

(14:48) - Gender neutrality in anime

(20:53) - When villians are only "queer"

(26:28) - Tell the stories nobody else will give you

(30:37) - Representation is not always appreciated

(33:25) - What is good representation?

(38:32) - Hear me roar with my power

(44:20) - Token representation is worse than none

(49:50) - Quality is the point of representation

(53:58) - A hidden cost of representation in film

(58:49) - Feeling uncomfortable about taking the spotlight

(01:04:10) - Show closing


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