WisCon 42 Schedule
I'll be at WisCon yet again at the end of May. I'll my moderating one panel, participating in another, and running a board game. Schedule below!
What Makes Queer Comics Queer?
Friday, 10:30-11:45 pm
University B
"In an essay published in issue number two of the comic Kim and Kim: Love is a Battlefield Natalie Reed asks the question: what makes queer comics queer? Is it just the presence of LGBTQ characters? To what extent should the characters' queerness impact their lives? And how should we feel about characters whose queerness is a minor, rarely mentioned side note? (See: John Constantine for thirty years.) Can there be any hard answers to these questions?"
This is the panel that I'm moderating. I'm really nervous about moderating it, but it's a great topic. (I actually submitted the idea for this panel, so.) I really do recommend that people get their hands on that copy of Kim&Kim, to read that essay.
Songs Of Resistance
Sunday, 10:00-11:15 am
Capitol B
"According to Dorian Lynskey in his history of American protest music, 33 Revolutions Per Minute, a protest song is any music that addresses a political issue in a way that aligns itself with an underdog. Many social change movements have a history of community singing at vigils, marches and sit-ins. Let's share our favorite protest songs, and a bit of their history, and then learn and sing them together, so we can bring them back to our communities when we go home. Lyrics will be provided."
I'm a panelist for this one. I think this should be a lot of fun!
Lovecraft Letter
Sunday, 4:00-5:15 pm
Madison Lobby
"Lovecraft Letter is fast moving, quick to play card game, in which players seek out dark secrets, risking their very sanity. But not really. Lovecraft letter is a game of risk, deduction and luck that uses the award-winning love letter engine. Individual games move very fast (as little as 10 minutes), so far more people than six can sign up and get a chance to play. Players can drop in and out throughout the time slot."
This is the game I'm running. I wasn't sure about bringing a Lovecraft game to WisCon. WisCon is explicitly feminist and anti-racist, and Lovecraft is pretty much the pinnacle of racism. The game doesn't replicate Lovecraft's racism in any particular way, but it doesn't to anything to challenge or subvert it. (So many games have Lovecraft themes because it creates and instant mood and setting, but I suspect a very large part of it is that Lovecraft's works are in the public domain. So, it's kind of a go to setting.) But no one told me I was disgusting person for even suggesting it, so so far so good.
Every year at WisCon, I try to do at least one new thing. First year, just go at all. Second year, be on a panel. Third year, set up a pop up panel. Fourth year, moderate a panel. This year, running a game. So I'll see how it goes.
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What Makes Queer Comics Queer?
Friday, 10:30-11:45 pm
University B
"In an essay published in issue number two of the comic Kim and Kim: Love is a Battlefield Natalie Reed asks the question: what makes queer comics queer? Is it just the presence of LGBTQ characters? To what extent should the characters' queerness impact their lives? And how should we feel about characters whose queerness is a minor, rarely mentioned side note? (See: John Constantine for thirty years.) Can there be any hard answers to these questions?"
This is the panel that I'm moderating. I'm really nervous about moderating it, but it's a great topic. (I actually submitted the idea for this panel, so.) I really do recommend that people get their hands on that copy of Kim&Kim, to read that essay.
Songs Of Resistance
Sunday, 10:00-11:15 am
Capitol B
"According to Dorian Lynskey in his history of American protest music, 33 Revolutions Per Minute, a protest song is any music that addresses a political issue in a way that aligns itself with an underdog. Many social change movements have a history of community singing at vigils, marches and sit-ins. Let's share our favorite protest songs, and a bit of their history, and then learn and sing them together, so we can bring them back to our communities when we go home. Lyrics will be provided."
I'm a panelist for this one. I think this should be a lot of fun!
Lovecraft Letter
Sunday, 4:00-5:15 pm
Madison Lobby
"Lovecraft Letter is fast moving, quick to play card game, in which players seek out dark secrets, risking their very sanity. But not really. Lovecraft letter is a game of risk, deduction and luck that uses the award-winning love letter engine. Individual games move very fast (as little as 10 minutes), so far more people than six can sign up and get a chance to play. Players can drop in and out throughout the time slot."
This is the game I'm running. I wasn't sure about bringing a Lovecraft game to WisCon. WisCon is explicitly feminist and anti-racist, and Lovecraft is pretty much the pinnacle of racism. The game doesn't replicate Lovecraft's racism in any particular way, but it doesn't to anything to challenge or subvert it. (So many games have Lovecraft themes because it creates and instant mood and setting, but I suspect a very large part of it is that Lovecraft's works are in the public domain. So, it's kind of a go to setting.) But no one told me I was disgusting person for even suggesting it, so so far so good.
Every year at WisCon, I try to do at least one new thing. First year, just go at all. Second year, be on a panel. Third year, set up a pop up panel. Fourth year, moderate a panel. This year, running a game. So I'll see how it goes.
This entry was originally posted at https://veleda-k.dreamwidth.org/478492.html. Please consider commenting there.