Wiscon 31: Whither Hero(in)es?

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 newly-found powers as effectively as the male characters?

Panelists: Janice M. Eisen (mod), Candra K. Gill, Joanna Lowenstein, Annalee Newitz, Deborah Stone

I took notes, but I can't actually remember who said what for everything, so there will probably be a lot of passive voice in this one.

( Spoilers for Heroes S1 (TV AND comics) )

Links:
- mystickeeper's write up

Wiscon 31: Random notes

Woe! I have to leave tomorrow morning!

I have been having a fantastically good time; I think I managed to not babble too unintelligently at my panels; I got to meet cool people; I got to bitch a lot about racism without having to stave off arguments from How to Suppress; I discovered people actually like my LJ (I mean, I sort of knew because people comment and read and stuff but dude!! People on panels who are smart and cool have read a post of mine or something! It is so cool! I am still not over it!); and my head only really exploded about twice.

Also, coffeeandink and I should apparently never be left alone together as either a) we cannot figure out which way to go on the stairs, b) her badge disappears into the ether that is the hotel room and only later reappears under a chair seat, and c) Yuki Kaori comes up and I think our voices rise to a helium-level pitch because the AWESOMENESS! It cannot be contained!! Also, there is a lot of incoherent hand flapping and incomplete sentences that largely consist of "Brains! Zombie embryos! OMG!"

Oh, right, Wiscon. See, Yuki Kaori totally scrambles my brains!

And I need to write up a more coherent Second Wiscon Experience post, because things felt very, very different from last year, and I think a lot of it was because of the Great Cultural Appropriation Debate of DOOM from last year. In a wonderfully good way that makes me feel much more hopeful.