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Wiscon 31: Whither Hero(in)es?

May 27, 2007 17:22

Description: The NBC series Heroes is a mainstream hit. The show is clearly written with a comic book sensibility and strong SF genre influence. But what about the women of Heroes? As the show progresses, are they transcending initial stereotypes (the sex worker, the cheerleader in need of saving)? Do the women enjoy and take advantage of their ( Read more... )

tv: heroes, wiscon, feminism

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marzipan_pig May 28 2007, 00:57:54 UTC

*waiting for your report on the cultural appropriation panel Missy Kylee posted about*

oyceter May 29 2007, 17:04:01 UTC

It is being typed up as I... type...

minnow1212 May 28 2007, 02:01:20 UTC

Yay! That sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks for writing it up.

>Annalee sarcastically commented that Niki/Jessica's superpower was looking into a mirror. <

Hee! And...huh. That's one of those things that's obvious but never occurred to me, you know?

oyceter May 29 2007, 17:07:56 UTC

It was incredibly fun!

Also, Annalee is a blogger for Wired Mag and she wrote up some con reports and linked to bobthehaitian!

minnow1212 May 29 2007, 17:58:14 UTC

I saw the one linked to off deadbrowalking! Yay!

(of course, then I read the comments. :headdesk:)

oyceter May 29 2007, 22:31:50 UTC

Heh, yeah... I peeked a little into the comments despite delux_vivens' multiple warnings and then ran away very quickly.

theodosia May 28 2007, 12:40:16 UTC

Thanks for the writeup!

oyceter May 29 2007, 17:08:12 UTC

Sure thing!

Hana hermionesviolin May 28 2007, 18:42:49 UTC

I haven't actually read Hana's blog, but a friend sent me the link a while back, so I'm passing it on:
http://www.samantha48616e61.com

And in case you need it, the link to the comics is:
http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/novels_library.shtml

Re: Hana oyceter May 29 2007, 17:13:27 UTC

Oh cool, thanks for the links!