Perspective

On the drive in to work this morning I began listening to the latest Doctor Who audioplay from Big Finish Productions. Titled “Enemy of the Daleks,” it stars Sophie Aldred, Sylvester McCoy, and Philip Oliver in a Seventh Doctor adventure. Something caught my attention as the plot unfolded, something that I’ve noticed before [...]

Wiscon Chronicles, vol 3: Carnival of Feminist SF

The WisCon Chronicles, Vol 3: Carnival of Feminist SF edited by Liz Henry, May 2009, is available through Aqueduct Press. The Wiscon Chronicles provide, each year, a review of the previous year’s convention. The books contain transcripts of select panels, essays and commentaries on those panels, and additional resources for discussion of the [...]

Wiscon: Some terms

For whatever reasons, I came to this year’s Wiscon with a heightened sensitivity to divisive terms and us vs. them thinking. The following are a selection of phrases I heard used at the convention that I find problematic. [Note: As vito_excalibur points out on her LJ, "problematic" is a polite way of [...]

IXTAB: Honorable Mention at iFanboy

My script, Ixtab, has won Honorable Mention in iFanboy’s Sequentially Ever After contest!
The contest was straightforward:
Challenge: Reinterpret a favorite fairy tale, fable, or nursery rhyme as a short comic. If you’re a writer, get to work on a script, even if it’s just your favorite scene. If you’re an artist, let’s see [...]

Moments in Racism: Wiscon 33

I went to Wiscon this year hoping to not make an ass of myself regarding racial stereotypes, racial remarks, racism, or my own privilege. But I realized something, sitting here at home, thinking over the weekend. I have never gone to a panel at Wiscon discussing race. Or, worse still, I may [...]

Administrative notes regarding Wiscon 33

1. To anyone I met at Wiscon 33: Hi, and welcome, and please leave a comment with your blog or journal in it, so I can find you later!
2. I don’t really use LiveJournal much anymore, and I’m not on Dreamwidth. I’m on Twitter, which crossposts automatically to my Facebook, but [...]

Sunday afternoon Wiscon 2009

There was a gap there, in the blogging, I note. Let me simply say that the Fanfic and Slash panel was good, I went to bed early but not early enough, and the morning’s Doctor Who panel was great. Now I’m in the Fathers and Daughters panel and we’re talking about dvd region [...]

Saturday morning Wiscon 2009

I actually like traveling with my kids. They are veterans at this point, experienced in negotiating hotels, at dealing with key cards, and at the most important thing of all — remaining quiet in the early morning while we get up and get ready.
When the kids were infants, getting up in the morning [...]

Friday evening at Wiscon 33

I really ought to be at opening ceremonies right now. But my kids needed to be put to bed, and I needed the down time.
The trip down was uneventful. Highlights included:
There’s a new adult merchandise store advertising along the approach too Madison — “Naughty Novelties and Bakery.” And Bakery? Bakery? [...]

En Route

I’m blogging this from the passenger seat of the Rondo, as Tern drives us out of Saint Paul towards Madison. With Cavorter’s housesitting and Mmpantsless’s last-minute dog care, we’re off to Wiscon 33. I couldn’t sleep last night, dangit. Too busy comparing Dollhouse to Andrea Dworkin, too busy wondering if we’d left [...]