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Originally Posted by hildea
If your book has an important character who is a rocket scientist, you might want a real rocket scientist to take a look, to help identify things which are embarrassingly wrong or actively harmful.
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That doesn't follow the definition of a sensitivity reader I linked. What you seems to mean is checking the facts. Feelings (like feeling offended) aren't facts, they are just subjective feelings.
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Originally Posted by hildea
(And if you don't think this kind of consultancy is useful, take a brief look at some Men writing women-list, as very obvious examples of things that can go laughably wrong when authors don't know where their knowledge ends and their ignorance begins  ) |
I only see that there are people out there that design websites that really show nothing in a modern browser with JavaScript and cookies disabled, see attached screenshot. They really should have consult someone who know something about webdesign.