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115 | Can We Write Characters that Don't Reflect Our Experience? (ft. Dr. Yalda T Uhls)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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Women and Queer Identity and the Storytelling

"Large budget movies in particular make $32 million more at the box office and opening weekend if they have authentically inclusive representation," she said. "We've been spending a lot of energy helping women see themselves in roles that are traditionally male oriented, but we're not spending the same energy helping men."

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