I think just because I'm a cis-gendered woman, I really enjoy that that does not make me exempt from contributing in a way, it shouldn't make anyone exempt we're able to contribute in a compassionate and sincere, honest way that is supportive. It's so interesting to talk about this stuff, because I feel like it's a really good opportunity to talk about it in a responsible way that hopefully adds to this conversation. There is no historical documentation about Mary Anning's personal life love life, that there just isn't anything available. Potentially, you know, we haven't rewritten history at all. And, you know, if Francis Lee had chosen to pair Mary Anning with a man, no one would have commented at all about the fact that we had rewritten history in that way. The decision to make Ammonite, and Mary Anning's story, a queer story, as opposed to assuming that she was heterosexual and just never had a partner, was a clever way of reframing the narrative of how we view people and sexuality. And for me, I really hope that that contributes to the evolution and progression of how audiences view LGBTQ people and their relationships just by normalising it completely. You know, there's no shame around this, it's just two women who love each other. And not sensationalising their their love, or shrouding it as anything that is forbidden or fearful, or with any degree of hesitation or secrecy.
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