SM in Feminist Science Fiction (WisCon 31 panel) - Revision history

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	Feminism, Sex, and Gender•629• Saturday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.		Feminism, Sex, and Gender•629• Saturday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

	Although some feminists in the 1970s stated with great assurance that "no woman would ever want to be dominated and no woman would ever want to dominate another," the experience of most SM practitioners is quite different, with some women quite enjoying all sides of power exchange. There have been a lot of unequal relationships in feminist fiction, from nonconsensual relationships such as those in Suzy McKee Charnas' "Holdfast" series and Candas Jane Dorsey's novel Black Wine to more ambiguous relationships such as in Samuel Delany's Neveryona series and Susan Matthews' Andrej the Torturer series, to clearly consensual relationships in some slash fiction and other erotica such as Cecilia Tan's "Telepaths Don't Need Safewords." This panel will talk a bit about what SM is and isn't, what consensuality is and isn't, and then go into an overview of the literature including what has literary value, what has political merit, and what's hot and sexy enough that one might need to turn the pages with one hand. There will also probably be some time to talk about more traditional plots which have a lot of SM elements in them even if those elements aren't necessarily identifiable to non-kinky people.		Although some feminists in the 1970s stated with great assurance that "no woman would ever want to be dominated and no woman would ever want to dominate another," the experience of most [[SM]] practitioners is quite different, with some women quite enjoying all sides of [[power exchange]]. There have been a lot of unequal relationships in feminist fiction, from nonconsensual relationships such as those in [[Suzy McKee Charnas]]' "[[Holdfast series\|Holdfast]]" series and [[Candas Jane Dorsey]]'s novel ''[[Black Wine]]'' to more ambiguous relationships such as in [[Samuel Delany]]'s [[Neveryona series]] and [[Susan Matthews]]' [[Andrej the Torturer series]], to clearly consensual relationships in some slash fiction and other erotica such as [[Cecilia Tan]]'s "[[Telepaths Don't Need Safewords]]." This panel will talk a bit about what SM is and isn't, what consensuality is and isn't, and then go into an overview of the literature including what has literary value, what has political merit, and what's hot and sexy enough that one might need to turn the pages with one hand. There will also probably be some time to talk about more traditional plots which have a lot of SM elements in them even if those elements aren't necessarily identifiable to non-kinky people.

	M: Lori Selke, Ian K. Hagemann, Catherine Lundoff, Sarah Monette		M: [[Lori Selke]], [[Ian K. Hagemann]], [[Catherine Lundoff]], [[Sarah Monette]]

	== ~~External Links~~ ==		== Panel reports, notes, etc. ==
			* [http://milwaukeesfs.livejournal.com/100312.html Greg Rihn's WisCon Report]
	[http://milwaukeesfs.livejournal.com/100312.html Greg Rihn's WisCon Report]

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	M: Lori Selke, Ian K. Hagemann, Catherine Lundoff, Sarah Monette		M: Lori Selke, Ian K. Hagemann, Catherine Lundoff, Sarah Monette

			== External Links ==

			[http://milwaukeesfs.livejournal.com/100312.html Greg Rihn's WisCon Report]

	[[Category:WisCon 31 panels]]		[[Category:WisCon 31 panels]]

JLeland: SM in Feminist Science Fiction (WisCon 31 event) moved to SM in Feminist Science Fiction (WisCon 31 panel): to match formatting of other panel names

2007-06-05T01:43:14Z

SM in Feminist Science Fiction (WisCon 31 event) moved to SM in Feminist Science Fiction (WisCon 31 panel): to match formatting of other panel names

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[[SM in Feminist Science Fiction (WisCon 31 event)|77 SM in Feminist Science Fiction]]

Feminism, Sex, and Gender•629• Saturday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.

Although some feminists in the 1970s stated with great assurance that "no woman would ever want to be dominated and no woman would ever want to dominate another," the experience of most SM practitioners is quite different, with some women quite enjoying all sides of power exchange. There have been a lot of unequal relationships in feminist fiction, from nonconsensual relationships such as those in Suzy McKee Charnas' "Holdfast" series and Candas Jane Dorsey's novel Black Wine to more ambiguous relationships such as in Samuel Delany's Neveryona series and Susan Matthews' Andrej the Torturer series, to clearly consensual relationships in some slash fiction and other erotica such as Cecilia Tan's "Telepaths Don't Need Safewords." This panel will talk a bit about what SM is and isn't, what consensuality is and isn't, and then go into an overview of the literature including what has literary value, what has political merit, and what's hot and sexy enough that one might need to turn the pages with one hand. There will also probably be some time to talk about more traditional plots which have a lot of SM elements in them even if those elements aren't necessarily identifiable to non-kinky people.

M: Lori Selke, Ian K. Hagemann, Catherine Lundoff, Sarah Monette

[[Category:WisCon 31 panels]]