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if you think fiction doesn't effect reality, read this
you can't claim "representation matters" and "fiction doesn't effect reality".
if you agree that good rep of marginalized groups can help marginalised groups then you inherently have to accept that fiction does effect reality. and conversely how bad rep can effect marginalised groups.
Our brains have a great deal of trouble differentiating patterns learned from fiction from those learned from reality. So no, fiction cannot “affect reality”, but it can and absolutely does, even in ways you aren't aware of at the time, affect our perception of reality on a fundamental level
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