Performative Diversity and Fictional Worlds

<p>When I first decided to GM professionally, I signed up as a player in several paid games. One of the first games I signed up for was a Vampire the Masquerade game. During Session 0, I was overjoyed to learn that the Prince was not only a woman but a woman of color. The Sheriff and half the primogen were also BIPOC, albeit overwhelmingly male. Like many role-players, I cut my teeth on Vampire games that often assigned important/powerful roles to cishet white men with conventionally attractive features, athletic builds, and youthful appearances and I was eager to play games that gave power to a much wider demographic.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@niamh.byrne.vtm/performative-diversity-and-fictional-worlds-677df3f0b33a"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>