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Lost Inside a Monster: The Batman, Fridging, and Some Problems with Hero Stories (Part Three)

Lost Inside a Monster: The Batman, Fridging, and Some Problems with Hero Stories (Part Three)

Stories Matter: The Power of Counterstories, or Why We Need to Keep Speaking Backwards

Ellen Kirkpatrick
Mar 03, 2022
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We live in the stories we tell ourselves. — Grant Morrison

As powerful self and worldmaking tools, stories matter. That is why the matter of storytelling extends beyond the stories themselves. It matters how we tell them, who tells them, and who decides which ones to tell. Just as it matters who gets powerful, becomes empowered, through their telling. Or…

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