Wiscon
It looks like I will be a moderator for three panels and a participant for one other. I'm going to create a whole lot of back-up ideas and some basic structure. So if anyone has any ideas about what they'd like to see discussed on any of these panels, I would like to know.
Participant
Feminism, Ethics, and BDSM Sat, 1:00-2:15 pm
Assuming we can discard the notion that BDSM is automatically unfeminist, what feminist or other ethical issues does BDSM raise? The most obviously-problematic combinations are male dom/female sub, white dom/PoC sub, but do other combinations have their own special issues? What changes (if anything) if one or more participants are trans*?
Moderator
Ethical Non-Monogamy in Fiction Sun, 10:00-11:15 am
Jo Walton's Lifelode and a few other novels have portrayed family structures that are different than the standard monogamous two-life-partners-forever model. Who's done it well? Who's done it badly? What books should we read for an interesting take on non-monogamous family and relationship structures? How can we learn, as writers, to widen our horizons?
What Does Feminist Tech Education Look Like? Sun, 4:00-5:15 pm
In recent years, we have made more feminist and learner-friendly makerspaces (Double Union, Seattle Attic), learn-to-code groups and schools (BlackGirlsCode, Hackbright), open source projects focused on mentoring new developers (Growstuff, Dreamwidth, Archive of Our Own) and other related institutions (Hacker School, GNOME Outreach Program for Women). Let's assess what these learning/teaching communities and practices have in common that's specifically feminist, and see what they can learn from the educational sides of fanvid, zine, crafting, and other existing women-centric technical communities.
What's a "Consent Culture", Anyway? Mon, 8:30-9:45 am
In recent years the idea of positive consent is becoming more prevalent and drifting into the mainstream. What's a consent culture? How does it differ from a rape culture, or from what we grew up thinking of as "normal" around sexual interactions?
Participant
Feminism, Ethics, and BDSM Sat, 1:00-2:15 pm
Assuming we can discard the notion that BDSM is automatically unfeminist, what feminist or other ethical issues does BDSM raise? The most obviously-problematic combinations are male dom/female sub, white dom/PoC sub, but do other combinations have their own special issues? What changes (if anything) if one or more participants are trans*?
Moderator
Ethical Non-Monogamy in Fiction Sun, 10:00-11:15 am
Jo Walton's Lifelode and a few other novels have portrayed family structures that are different than the standard monogamous two-life-partners-forever model. Who's done it well? Who's done it badly? What books should we read for an interesting take on non-monogamous family and relationship structures? How can we learn, as writers, to widen our horizons?
What Does Feminist Tech Education Look Like? Sun, 4:00-5:15 pm
In recent years, we have made more feminist and learner-friendly makerspaces (Double Union, Seattle Attic), learn-to-code groups and schools (BlackGirlsCode, Hackbright), open source projects focused on mentoring new developers (Growstuff, Dreamwidth, Archive of Our Own) and other related institutions (Hacker School, GNOME Outreach Program for Women). Let's assess what these learning/teaching communities and practices have in common that's specifically feminist, and see what they can learn from the educational sides of fanvid, zine, crafting, and other existing women-centric technical communities.
What's a "Consent Culture", Anyway? Mon, 8:30-9:45 am
In recent years the idea of positive consent is becoming more prevalent and drifting into the mainstream. What's a consent culture? How does it differ from a rape culture, or from what we grew up thinking of as "normal" around sexual interactions?