Feminism
I did this panel with
- We like to see female characters treated as people in their own right
- We'd like more use of female metaphors and language ('A land Cunt Pink and Avocado Green, brassiered and girdled by monstrous complexities of Super Highways') though obviously not to the exclusion of masculine and neutral language
- We sometimes like to read angry and polemical stories
- We like hot kick-ass chicks, but we'd like a wider range of female role models please (mmkay?)
Firefly
The panel was
What interests me as that people with widely different opinions think that Firefly represents their point of view. For example we were lucky to have an eloquent libertarian in the audience who explained that Firefly endorsed her beliefs, though of course everyone knows it endoses mine Humph. And in conclusion - bring back Firefly!
Gotta go. More later.