I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
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What Are the Power Dynamics of the Desert Society?
The idea of just living in the desert at all becomes stigmatized. So perhaps that's a power dynamic we're beginning to see in this world. We'd need to work out things like, for example, what are their standards of beauty? If they don't wash with water, let's say they do dust washing and so maybe looking like you've got supple wet skin is not a thing in their society. Maybe having kind of leathery, sun damaged, slightly skin feels normal for them.
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