# Read

I don’t know if she ever approved of me for who I truly was.

Being an artist in the U.S. means never having to say you’re sorry but always feeling guilty anyway.

While propaganda can be perpetuated by anyone, regardless of their societal position, censorship is a unique tool that can only be used by those in positions of power.

Being uncaged or unencumbered isn’t really freedom in writing, it’s absurdity.

last summer when you called ...

Too many writers try to reinvent the narrative formula. They think we, as readers, are bored with well-executed, simple stories. Well, let me tell you this, y’all: we ain’t.

Despite myself being an anxious asexual woman, I wasn’t a known entity in either of my other two segment communities yet. So, I started to do research.

"I cannot stress enough the power of passion, when it comes to getting these things made."

A wiser man than me once said that if you choose to make outsider art, you can expect to connect with people outside of the mainstream. I'll see you there.

I wanted to write about the various ways that misogyny and patriarchal mindsets are embedded within the Indian culture. And I wanted this to encompass all levels of class and construct.

What happens when that art goes from simply being influenced by politics to explicitly endorsing a political opinion? That, comrades, is when art becomes propaganda.

You have to find something, anything to latch onto—anything to keep you going.

Here’s your homework: get to thinking. And seeing. And separating you from yourself so the two can finally meet.

These games taught me a valuable lesson about the importance of perspective and POV in storytelling. The lessons go much further than that. This game may have actually changed my outlook on life.

One of the key insights for crafting characters that feel real is determining what weighs on their mind as they go about their day – their burdens.