wandering.shop is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Wandering.Shop aims to have the vibe of a quality coffee shop at a busy SF&F Convention. Think tables of writers, fans and interested passers-by sharing drinks and conversation on a variety of topics.

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Gender matters - eg when the author doesn’t specify gender or gender is indeterminate. The choice of narrator voice impacts how we receive the material. Even as we become a society more accustomed to flex/multi/agender, most of us still associate specific voices leaning to a particular gender or type of person. It’s so hard to avoid and colors the reading so much (4/?).