i didn't know jef well. i met him at wiscon and saw him at think galacticons. we were on a panel together once. he was so darned smart. he was so darned young. it seems unbelievable and yet, there it is ( Read more... )

i know it's a little early, but to all my friends going to wiscon, i hope you have a fabulous con, and i look forward to your con and panel reports!

http://blog.wiscon.info/2015/04/ellen-klages-and-the-tiptree-auction/Read more... )

this article uses science (!) to explain why harassment might be more likely to occur and be tolerated at conventions:

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/07/convention-harassment-comic-con/

this is the public post i promised i'd make of the movie and book recommendations that came up at the poly 501 panel at wiscon. i didn't get everything written down, so please, please if you remember anything i missed, add it in the comments. also, if you weren't at the panel, but have a rec, comment away. i'll be pointing to this from the ( Read more... )

replyhazy pointed to this: http://glvalentine.livejournal.com/340623.html

i think that what happened on the panel is unlikely to happen at wiscon. the part with the entitled guy can happen anywhere, but if it happens to you at wiscon, i've got your back.

the radio is playing todd rundgren's "we've gotta get you a woman" in honor of his 60th birthday. which totally could go onto my list of guilty pleasures next time i'm on a guilty pleasures panel at wiscon, because it is NOT a feminist tune! but i do love todd rundgren's music--so infectious and singable ( Read more... )

my retagging project just led me to rereading the notes i made on last year's wiscon, which in turn led to me rereading some write-ups that other people did on intersectionality panels from last year. i actually think that the one that i went to last year had more of the necessary conversation than either of the two that i went to this year, yet ( Read more... )

once again, the uchorus spring concert will be memorial day weekend, thereby conflicting with wiscon. *sigh ( Read more... )

i am really much more on livejournal, with the same username. i do read over here, sometimes, if i get enough time, but i think this is my second post or something silly, and it's not likely to get much better in the future.