We are, many of us, aware of the danger of a single story, of a single representation defining and confining us to stereotypes. When we see diversity represented in stories, when we see ourselves not as caricatures but as full-fledged people, we shatter the assumptions that come from having seen, for instance, hundreds of darker-skinned people as villains or women as princesses in need of rescuing, or heterosexual marriage as the only kind of happily ever after.
The danger of a dominant frame of reference
The danger of a dominant frame of reference
The danger of a dominant frame of reference
We are, many of us, aware of the danger of a single story, of a single representation defining and confining us to stereotypes. When we see diversity represented in stories, when we see ourselves not as caricatures but as full-fledged people, we shatter the assumptions that come from having seen, for instance, hundreds of darker-skinned people as villains or women as princesses in need of rescuing, or heterosexual marriage as the only kind of happily ever after.