This weekend was Arisia. I was on a whopping 13 program items, which is quite a lot. I have panel notes from three of them, which I present to you here in one giant bundle. The panels were Trans* and Gender Variant SF, Beyond Binary, and Asexuality in SF These are not transcripts, just hastily scribbled points, and, where possible, all the works ( Read more... )

This month I talked to cherylmmorgan and matociquala about a bunch of fascinating stuff including trans characters, e-books, international fandom, explorations of gender, and, well, um, gosh, a lot of other stuff, too. This is a long episode, and it's long because it is full of really good stuff, and mixed in with the serious talk are lots of random amusing moments. So, ( Read more... )

In this week's Spotlight, I kind of went into personal essay mode. Hopefully no one will mind too much. I have about 65 million things to get done, so I can't stay around to say more here, but I would love to hear your thoughts about this week's post and the contents within, whether here or there.

This week's Spotlight is all about the LGBTQI SF links, and I have still more links to share here.

*Jennifer Pelland's "Ghosts of New York" is available to read free online here. I've loved this story since I heard her read it aloud at a con in 2009, and I own the anthology it's in, but now YOU can love it even without going to a con or buying ( Read more... )

Ages ago (nearly a month now), I said I would try to unpack my responses to this post by mac_stone, but then November exploded all over the place (I was ill, my sister was moving, I had to travel, the list goes on), and I just wasn't up to making this post. Today, I'm going to try ( Read more... )