Thanks to Diana Pho (Ay-leen the Peacemaker), who provided the raw audio file, and the permission of my fellow panelists, I can share with you a recording of our Mary Sue panel at WisCon ( Read more... )

Home! Have a panel report I wrote on the plane. One more to come, the not another race panel, but that won't be until Wednesday or Thursday. Meanwhile, please stop by the obligatory WisCon connections post if you would like to say hi in a screened-comments context?

The description of this was a repeat of an Arisia panel, but it went completely ( Read more... )

This was absolutely the panel I hoped it would be. We talked about so many things and I at least had a great time; other people seemed to be too, so yay, I was really happy, thank you to the awesome co-panelists and audience.

Quick links for people who were at the panel:

The amazing dwarf gender story:

Modern Love (2906 words) by Penknife
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This was a great panel and I learned a lot. Feel free to ask for clarifications and I will try to the best of my ability ( Read more... )

Last panel report for tonight, what was I thinking, I was going to SLEEP or read or do necessary work, arrgh.

Ahem.

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I don't have much to say about the Mary Sue panel. My co-panelists (Becky Allen, S. N. Arly, Jessica Plummer, Beth Plutchak) were all great, the audience was very enthusiastic, and we had a great time talking about Mary Sues we have loved and that were important to us and decrying the specific bad messages sent by Mary Sue hating to young girls and ( Read more... )

Less-quick-than-optimal panel notes. I thought this went pretty well, especially for 9pm at night (yesterday), bringing up some good questions and considerations.

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If we have met at WisCon (or didn't talk but encountered each other via panel or suchlike), please feel free to say hi! Especially if I may not connect up journal handle with face/badge/etc.--comments are screened (and DW lets us talk without unscreening).


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Panel notes! It's easier to tidy up reports of other people than recreate my own, so this one comes first.

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Made it to WisCon, about three hours behind schedule, which during the uncertainty and running around gave me lots of existential angst about whether it's really worth it to travel on Memorial Day weekend, especially when I can't leave on Thursday, but dinner helped. Now putting my feet up before my 9:00 panel and the parties ( Read more... )