Fred_mouse is willing to bring in stuff from the conference she recently attended. Would we like her to do so?

This post has my catastrophising self a bit worried: http://community.livejournal.com/swancon/120143.htmlRead more... )

Why is the food on a spaceship so terrible? Why can't they grow hydroponic veggies? And why can't they eat off nice plates? Sure, it has to be institutional food, but do they always have to be rudely gobbling what looks like gruel off tin plates? Is it some kind of masculinisation of the space that they inhabit? I am interested in the way ( Read more... )

Being Neo--Western culture and individualist society ( Read more... )

I have put some links into the Gynaecon user info. I'm still working on it as a document, but I want some more links from every one. I've gone a bit enthusiastic about the racism links, because all I have been doing all week is reading about RaceFail!09.

Any other links I should put in?

Here are some suggestions that have been made for Gynaecon panels at Swancon ( Read more... )

How about some of these ( Read more... )

For the sake of good housekeeping, my reply to Emma_in_oz's request for ideas on her ljSomething I've been thinking about with both Dollhouse (and Joss Whedon in general) and "Altered Carbon" is the fetishisation of strong women: stories by men where to begin with you go "hey, nice strong female characters" but after a while you realise they (a) ( Read more... )

me again. how about something on the uses of rape, sexual assault and abuse in sf/f? I know this could be a difficult topic for some, but what do people think?

It's wonderful that this year's Swancon has put us on the formal program. And we still need to fill at least one of the offered spots. stephiepenguin has reminded me, though, that one of the great positives of gynaecon is that it provides a safe space where people can speak on the deeply personal, the political and the intersection of both ( Read more... )