@mmin @ondra

I want to make #GliderInk to be a slice-of-life story which is still interesting. #SuzanneTheInventor is struggling with the world not wanting to accept her without a prosthesis, but she's not about to die because of it. She is just fighting daily battles which we can observe and empathize without painting the whole thing in the utopian pink or dystopian black.

This way we can show people "a way" towards a better tomorrow and some goal, which is still real and achievable.

After reading stories like https://shawnstruck.blogspot.com/2014/08/open-letter-to-aaron-diaz-stop-hiding.html I decided to handle the female characters in #GliderInk carefully.

First, they are people. They have goals and wants of their own. That's important knowing how dangerous #sexism is in a lot of hackerspaces.

I want them to be varied as well.

#SuzanneTheInventor wants to be considered a person first and doesn't have time for romantic relationships. She wants to be an engineer and be able to adjust the world to her needs.

#writing #feminism

One of the characters I created for #GliderInk after a lot of interviews is #SuzanneTheInventor.

She was born without a hand and wants people to perceive her as whole. She doesn't want to wear a useless prosthesis just to fit in! Instead she modifies all the technology around her to be able to use it naturally.

That's a story which shows humanity behind the tech, real needs and struggles. It helps people understand hacker culture much better than a "tech whizz".

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