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exposing rick riordan (a thread)
he has so much amazing disability/poc/lgbtqia+ reps in his books
he has:
-adhd rep
-dyslexia rep
-black people rep
-chinese rep
-gay rep
-bi rep
-lesbian rep
-muslim rep
-pansexual rep
-trans and genderfluid rep
-polyam rep
-biracial rep
-native american rep
-deaf rep
-adhd rep
-dyslexia rep
-black people rep
-chinese rep
-gay rep
-bi rep
-lesbian rep
-muslim rep
-pansexual rep
-trans and genderfluid rep
-polyam rep
-biracial rep
-native american rep
-deaf rep
he& #39;s so amazing at including rep in his books, and actually includes rep in his book (unlike jk rowling)
he has a platform where authors of colors can write about their own cultures because he knew he wasn& #39;t the best person to write them. so he used his platform to amplify poc voices.
one time, a homophobe made a homophobic comment and he just corrected them.
one time, someone asked him to name nico& #39;s girlfriend after themself, so rick replied with this.
rick riordan didn& #39;t make reyna a lesbian because he didn& #39;t want to feed into a really harmful stereotype which is: lesbians are only lesbians because they couldn& #39;t find the right man
jo and emmie didn& #39;t get kicked out of the hunt, they left on their own because they loved each other. and artemis doesn& #39;t allow ANY romance in the hunt. but they are still on good terms with artemis, because she let them stay in the waystation-
which was made by artemis
his books has helped and encouraged so many people (including me) and they meant a lot to them.
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my best friend asked rick for an arthritic demigod and he said this https://twitter.com/camphalfblood/status/1239653902385020929?s=20">https://twitter.com/camphalfb...
