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Your Fictional Matriarchy Isn’t Inclusive

June 5, 2025May 24, 2025 by A.B. Channing

A chess queen stands disdainfully before the fallen king-piece at her feet. The game is won, but her reign has only just begun.

Pink patriarchy makes great gender revenge. It’s not so good at inclusion.

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12 Ways To Worldbuild Queer Inclusion In Fantasy

June 5, 2025November 24, 2024 by A.B. Channing

You've walked straight into a fairytale. Before you is a footbridge made of logs, arched elegantly over a pond. All around it is a lush garden. Trees dressed in purple flowers spread their branches over dense, grassy purple plants. It looks like the sort of place for a picnic, provided the fairytale pond isn't swarming with mosquitos.

Fantasy is a genre of endless possibilities. Queer inclusion can be one of those.

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