one of the things that bothered me the most about heatherly's post was the implication that ... people who have not been through this trauma cannot, apparently, understand it or at least depict it in fiction
I mention my experience because I think it gives my position more weight with the folks who believe that's important, but I agree with you. No, it isn't relevant. There's no one at the gate giving one person a pass to write a subject while another should not. *eyeroll*
You know how many times I've encountered that bogus idea? A gay friend believes I shouldn't write slash since I'm not gay. The boyfriend said I couldn't write a gritty war story because I'm a gentle (okay, maybe not that gentle) Buddhist -- though he changed his mind when he read the story that came out of ten months of war research (including talking to two Vietnam veterans).
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Date: 2007-06-09 09:21 pm (UTC)one of the things that bothered me the most about heatherly's post was the implication that ... people who have not been through this trauma cannot, apparently, understand it or at least depict it in fiction
I mention my experience because I think it gives my position more weight with the folks who believe that's important, but I agree with you. No, it isn't relevant. There's no one at the gate giving one person a pass to write a subject while another should not. *eyeroll*
You know how many times I've encountered that bogus idea? A gay friend believes I shouldn't write slash since I'm not gay. The boyfriend said I couldn't write a gritty war story because I'm a gentle (okay, maybe not that gentle) Buddhist -- though he changed his mind when he read the story that came out of ten months of war research (including talking to two Vietnam veterans).