There is a line, and diversity doesn’t automatically make any content better or worse. But this particular character doesn’t cross that line. “Trans people exist” is not a political statement, any more than having 30 interchangeable grizzled white male protagonists is.

There is another aspect of the “cis-white-male” lead that begs discussion. No body is perfect, and you will create just bad characters with a poor story, or have some sloppy scenes. If this happens to the cis-white-male lead, really no one give a shit, but if it occurs to other, it opens up a door for people to…

Creativity can suffer from pushing any point or agenda to an extreme. However having a point to make does not neccesarily make any piece of writing better or worse. I think it all comes down to whether the story the writers are telling is a story that they want to tell. If a writer wants to talk about LGBT issues with…

I have an honest question for those here who consider themselves progressives. Is there a point where creativity suffers at the expense of content created solely to push forward a political/moral/social agenda? Or is there a commonly held belief that default cis-white-male IS it’s own agenda, and anything that…