Character Like Me is a collaborative project to change mainstream
media like TV, film, books, comic books and video games. Minorities
are being represented poorly when they are being represented at all.
Maybe you’ve noticed how difficult it is for people of different
genders, ethinicities, sexualities, disabilities and more to find
characters in media that they can relate to. At Character Like Me, we
feel like that affects the way we view ourselves and the way that
others view us, too. To help change this, we’ve made a space for
minorities to speak out. If you feel like a group you belong to is not
being represented well or if you just want to see more characters like
you, we want to know. Help us give a voice to groups who have been
ignored while offering references to creators who want to add diverse
casts to their works. We will also be sharing things like news, media
we feel offers positive representation, opinions and more. We want to
highlight, not only where pop culture falls short, but the successes
of great representation and the works created by minorities who find
it hard to enter an industry that is largely dominated by a single
group. Feel free to submit an example of: How you want to be
represented in books, films, comics, etc. Overused character
stereotypes that you are tired of seeing. Examples of well or poorly
written characters that we can learn from.
