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WisCon 31 Program Schedule
This is the program schedule for [[WisCon 31]] (2007), with links to transcripts, panel reports, and so on.
 
: '''(T)''' indicates at least partial transcript available
: '''<—>''' indicates that there are links to other notes, thoughts, commentaries, photos, transcripts


==Friday May 25, 2007==
==Friday May 25, 2007==
* [[The Gathering (WisCon 31 event)|The Gathering]]
* [[The Gathering (WisCon 31 event)|The Gathering]]
* [[Staged Reading Juvenilia (WisCon 31)|16 Staged Reading Auditions]]
* [[Staged Reading Juvenilia (WisCon 31)|16 Staged Reading Auditions]]
* [[Mod Squad (WisCon 31 panel)|17 The Mod Squad]]
* [[Mod Squad (WisCon 31 panel)|17 The Mod Squad]] '''<—>'''
* [[Ergonomics for Writers (WisCon 31 panel)|18 Ergonomics for Writers]]
* [[Ergonomics for Writers (WisCon 31 panel)|18 Ergonomics for Writers]]
* [[Mid-Career Writers Reception (WisCon 31)|19 Mid-Career Writers Reception]]
* [[Mid-Career Writers events (WisCon 31)|19 Mid-Career Writers Reception]]
* [[Half Lives, Orphans, and Other Tiptree Oddities|22 Half Lives, Orphans, and Other Tiptree Oddities]]
* [[Half Lives, Orphans, and Other Tiptree Oddities|22 Half Lives, Orphans, and Other Tiptree Oddities]]
* [[Fay Faery Fiction (WisCon 31 panel)|20 Fey Faery Fiction]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|20 Fey Faery Fiction]] '''<—>'''
* [[Poem to Song (WisCon 31 panel)|21 Poem To Song]]
* [[Poem to Song (WisCon 31 panel)|21 Poem To Song]]
* [[First WisCon Dinner (WisCon 31)|23 First WisCon Dinner]]
* [[First WisCon Dinner (WisCon 31)|23 First WisCon Dinner]]
* [[Opening Ceremonies (WisCon 31)|24 Opening Ceremonies]]
* [[Opening Ceremonies (WisCon 31)|24 Opening Ceremonies]] '''<—>'''
* [[Please Touch/Don't Touch (WisCon 31 panel)|25 Please Touch/Don't Touch]]
* [[Please Touch/Don't Touch (WisCon 31 panel)|25 Please Touch/Don't Touch]]
* [[Whither Hero(in)es? (WisCon 31 panel)|26 Whither Hero(in)es?]]
* [[Whither Hero(in)es? (WisCon 31 panel)|26 Whither Hero(in)es?]] '''<—>'''
* [[GOH Reading: Laurie Marks (WisCon 31)|27 GOH Reading: Laurie Marks]]
* [[GOH Reading: Laurie Marks (WisCon 31)|27 GOH Reading: Laurie Marks]]
* [[The Feminist (and Other) Appeal of Kelly Link's Fiction (WisCon 31 panel)|28 The Feminist (and other) Appeal of Kelly Link's Fiction]]
* [[The Feminist (and Other) Appeal of Kelly Link's Fiction (WisCon 31 panel)|28 The Feminist (and other) Appeal of Kelly Link's Fiction]]'''<—>'''
* [[Ratbastard's Rabid Karaoke Blast (WisCon 31)|29 Ratbastard's Rabid Karaoke Blast]]
* [[WisCon 31 parties|29 Ratbastard's Rabid Karaoke Blast]]
* [[Counting Past Two (WisCon 31 panel)|30 Counting Past Two]]
* [[Counting Past Two (WisCon 31 panel)|30 Counting Past Two]] '''<—>'''
* [[Evil Twin/Singing Like a Bird (WisCon 31 papers)|31 The Evil Twin Must Die: The Idea of The Collective in Science Fiction and Fantasy/ Singing Like a Bird: The Articulate Silence of Sarah Canary]]
* [[Evil Twin/Singing Like a Bird (WisCon 31 papers)|31 The Evil Twin Must Die: The Idea of The Collective in Science Fiction and Fantasy/ Singing Like a Bird: The Articulate Silence of Sarah Canary]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|32 A Long-Expected Party]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|32 A Long-Expected Party]]
* [[Lifestyles of the Rich and Supernatural (WisCon 31 panel)|33 Lifestyles of the Rich and Supernatural]]
* [[Lifestyles of the Rich and Supernatural (WisCon 31 panel)|33 Lifestyles of the Rich and Supernatural]] '''<—>'''
* [[WisCon 31 parties|34 Tachyon Publications/Book Launch Party for Carol Emshwiller and Ellen Klages]]  
* [[WisCon 31 parties|34 Tachyon Publications/Book Launch Party for Carol Emshwiller and Ellen Klages]]  
* [[WisCon 31 parties|35 Think Galactic...Or Your World Is Lost!]]  
* [[WisCon 31 parties|35 Think Galactic...Or Your World Is Lost!]]  
* [[WisCon 31 parties|36 Carl Brandon Society Party]]  
* [[WisCon 31 parties|36 Carl Brandon Society Party]]  
* [[WisCon 31 parties|37 Aqueduct Press/Payseur and Schmidt]]
* [[WisCon 31 parties|37 Aqueduct Press/Payseur and Schmidt]]
* [[Silent SF Films of 2006 (WisCon 31 event)|38 Silent SF Films of 2006]]
* [[Silent SF Films of 2006 (WisCon 31 event)|38 Silent SF Films of 2006]] '''<—>'''
* [[Entering the Labyrinth (Wiscon 31 panel)|39 Entering the Labyrinth]]
* [[Entering the Labyrinth (Wiscon 31 panel)|39 Entering the Labyrinth]] '''<—>'''
* [[Tools of Our Own (WisCon 31 panel)|40 Tools Of Our Own: Women And Hands-on Work]]
* [[Tools of Our Own (WisCon 31 panel)|40 Tools Of Our Own: Women And Hands-on Work]] '''<—>'''
* [[WisCon 31 readings|41 Voices from the West]] Readings
* [[WisCon 31 readings|41 Voices from the West]] Readings
* [[WisCon 31 readings|42 Swords and Sabres]] Readings
* [[WisCon 31 readings|42 Swords and Sabres]] Readings
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==Saturday programs==
==Saturday programs==
* [[WisCon 31 activities|44 Farmer's Market]]
* [[WisCon 31 activities|44 Farmer's Market]]
* [[How To Read Aloud (WisCon 31)|45 How To Read Aloud]]
* [[How To Read Aloud (WisCon 31)|45 How To Read Aloud]] '''<—>'''
* [[Underneath It All (WisCon 31 panel)|46 Underneath It All]]
* [[Underneath It All (WisCon 31 panel)|46 Underneath It All]] '''<—>'''
* [[Revisiting the Wow (WisCon 31 panel)|47 Revisiting the Wow: Books That Changed Everything]]
* [[Revisiting the Wow (WisCon 31 panel)|47 Revisiting the Wow: Books That Changed Everything]]
* [[Pat Cadigan's Cyberpunk Realities (WisCon 31 panel)|48 Pat Cadigan's Cyberpunk Realities]]
* [[Pat Cadigan's Cyberpunk Realities (WisCon 31 panel)|48 Pat Cadigan's Cyberpunk Realities]]
* [[Officer Unfriendly? (WisCon 31 panel)|49 Officer Unfriendly? Problematizing Law Enforcement and the "Justice" System]]
* [[Officer Unfriendly? (WisCon 31 panel)|49 Officer Unfriendly? Problematizing Law Enforcement and the "Justice" System]]
* [[I Sense Your Pain (WisCon 31 panel)|50 I Sense Your Pain]].
* [[I Sense Your Pain (WisCon 31 panel)|50 I Sense Your Pain]]. '''<—>'''
* [[Genre Tokenism Today (WisCon 31 panel)|51 Genre Tokenism Today: The New Octavia]]
* [[Genre Tokenism Today (WisCon 31 panel)|51 Genre Tokenism Today: The New Octavia]] '''(T)'''  '''<—>'''
* [[Editing Anthologies (WisCon 31 panel)|52 Editing Anthologies]]
* [[Editing Anthologies (WisCon 31 panel)|52 Editing Anthologies]] '''<—>'''
* [[Boys and Gender Expectations in YA (WisCon 31 panel)|53 Boys and Gender Expectations in Contemporary YA Fantasy and Science Fiction]]
* [[Boys and Gender Expectations in YA (WisCon 31 panel)|53 Boys and Gender Expectations in Contemporary YA Fantasy and Science Fiction]]
* [[Please Explain Slash To Me (WisCon 31 panel)|54 Please Explain Slash To Me]]
* [[Please Explain Slash To Me (WisCon 31 panel)|54 Please Explain Slash To Me]] '''<—>'''
* [[Aqueduct Press Writers readings|55 Aqueduct Press Writers]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|55 Aqueduct Press Writers]]
* [[Moving Toward Marrige/Historical Revision (WisCon 31 papers)|56 Moving Toward Marriage: The Politics of Consent in the Fiction of Ursula Le Guin/Historical Revision in Earthsea]]
* [[Moving Toward Marrige/Historical Revision (WisCon 31 papers)|56 Moving Toward Marriage: The Politics of Consent in the Fiction of Ursula Le Guin/Historical Revision in Earthsea]]
* [[Women Authors You Should Read (WisCon 31 panel)|57 Women Authors You Probably Never Heard Of (But Should Read!): The Karen Axness Memorial Panel]]
* [[Women Authors You Should Read (WisCon 31 panel)|57 Women Authors You Probably Never Heard Of (But Should Read!): The Karen Axness Memorial Panel]]  
* [[Modern Myth and the New Skepticism (WisCon 31 panel)|58 Modern Myth and the New Skepticism]]
* [[Modern Myth and the New Skepticism (WisCon 31 panel)|58 Modern Myth and the New Skepticism]]
* [[Implausible Teaching (WisCon 31 event)|59 Implausible Teaching]]
* [[Implausible Teaching (WisCon 31 event)|59 Implausible Teaching]]
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* [[Claiming Your Voice (WisCon 31 event)|63 Claiming Your Voice]]
* [[Claiming Your Voice (WisCon 31 event)|63 Claiming Your Voice]]
* [[Short Fiction Markets (WisCon 31 panel)|64 Short Fiction Markets You Should Know]]
* [[Short Fiction Markets (WisCon 31 panel)|64 Short Fiction Markets You Should Know]]
* [[Foremothers of Today's Feminist SF (WisCon 31 panel)|65 Foremothers of Today's Feminist SF]]
* [[Foremothers of Today's Feminist SF (WisCon 31 panel)|65 Foremothers of Today's Feminist SF]] '''(T)'''
* [[Why Is The Universe So Damn White? (WisCon 31 panel)|66 Why Is the Universe So Damn White?]]
* [[Why Is The Universe So Damn White? (WisCon 31 panel)|66 Why Is the Universe So Damn White?]] '''(T)''' '''<—>'''
* [[Three Comrades Go on a Quest (WisCon 31 panel)|67 Three Comrades Go On A Quest....]]
* [[Three Comrades Go on a Quest (WisCon 31 panel)|67 Three Comrades Go On A Quest....]] '''<—>'''  '''(T)'''
* [[Gendering A.I. (WisCon 31 panel)|68 Gendering A.I.]]
* [[Gendering A.I. (WisCon 31 panel)|68 Gendering A.I.]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|69 Special Guests: Julie Phillips and Dorothy Allison (Reading)]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|69 Special Guests: Julie Phillips and Dorothy Allison (Reading)]]
* [[Sexism: A Spotter's Guide (WisCon 31 panel)|70 Sexism: A Spotter's Guide]]
* [[Sexism: A Spotter's Guide (WisCon 31 panel)|70 Sexism: A Spotter's Guide]] '''<—>'''
* [[WisCon 31 readings|71 YA Fantasy]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|71 YA Fantasy]]
* [[Hopkins & Butler papers (WisCon 31)|72 Pauline Hopkins’s Of One Blood as Speculative Fiction / The Scientific Horror of Addiction in Octavia Butler’s Fledgling]]
* [[Hopkins & Butler papers (WisCon 31)|72 Pauline Hopkins’s Of One Blood as Speculative Fiction / The Scientific Horror of Addiction in Octavia Butler’s Fledgling]]
* [[Making Good Books (WisCon 31 panel)|73 Making Good Books]]
* [[Making Good Books (WisCon 31 panel)|73 Making Good Books]]
* [[Conversation on Feminism and Japan (WisCon 31 panel)|74 A Conversation on Feminism and Japan]]
* [[Conversation on Feminism and Japan (WisCon 31 panel)|74 A Conversation on Feminism and Japan]] '''<—>'''
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|75 Take Things Apart!]]
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|75 Take Things Apart!]]
* [[Tiptree Bake Sale (WisCon 31 event)|76 Tiptree Bake Sale]]
* [[Tiptree Bake Sale (WisCon 31 event)|76 Tiptree Bake Sale]]
* [[SM in Feminist Science Fiction (WisCon 31 event)|77 SM in Feminist Science Fiction]]
* [[SM in Feminist Science Fiction (WisCon 31 panel)|77 SM in Feminist Science Fiction]] '''<—>'''
* [[Liking Your Life (WisCon 31 panel)|78 Liking Your Life in an Unlikeable World: Personal Energy for Political Work]]
* [[Liking Your Life (WisCon 31 panel)|78 Liking Your Life in an Unlikeable World: Personal Energy for Political Work]]
* [[Feminism and YA (WisCon 31 panel)|79 Everything I Needed to Know About Feminism I Learned From YA]]
* [[Feminism and YA (WisCon 31 panel)|79 Everything I Needed to Know About Feminism I Learned From YA]] '''<—>'''
* [[WisCon 31 readings|80 Lady Poetesses From Hell]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|80 Lady Poetesses From Hell]]
* [[Sensuality of Writing (WisCon 31 panel)|81 The Sensuality of Writing and Writing Sensuality]]
* [[Sensuality of Writing (WisCon 31 panel)|81 The Sensuality of Writing and Writing Sensuality]]
* [[Cultural Appropriation Revisited Part 1 (WisCon 31 panel)|82 Cultural Appropriation Revisited Part One]]
* [[Cultural Appropriation Revisited Part 1 (WisCon 31 panel)|82 Cultural Appropriation Revisited Part One]] '''(T)'''  '''<—>'''
* [[Wicked! (WisCon 31 panel)|83 Wicked!]]
* [[Wicked! (WisCon 31 panel)|83 Wicked!]]
* [[Ten-Foot Shelf of Perdition (WisCon 31 panel)|84 The Ten-Foot Shelf Of Perdition: Books to Avoid]]
* [[Ten-Foot Shelf of Perdition (WisCon 31 panel)|84 The Ten-Foot Shelf Of Perdition: Books to Avoid]]
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* [[Problem of Gender / Technoscience papers (WisCon 31)|87 Feminism and the Problem of Gender for the Source, Voice, and Identity of the Woman Who Writes/Feminist and Science Fictional Resources for the Cultural Critic of Technoscience]]
* [[Problem of Gender / Technoscience papers (WisCon 31)|87 Feminism and the Problem of Gender for the Source, Voice, and Identity of the Woman Who Writes/Feminist and Science Fictional Resources for the Cultural Critic of Technoscience]]
* [[Japanese Sense of Gender (WisCon 31 panel)|88 The Japanese Sense of Gender]]
* [[Japanese Sense of Gender (WisCon 31 panel)|88 The Japanese Sense of Gender]]
* [[Outsourcing and the Auxiliary Brain (WisCon 31 panel)|89 Outsourcing and the Auxiliary Brain]]
* [[Outsourcing and the Auxiliary Brain (WisCon 31 panel)|89 Outsourcing and the Auxiliary Brain]] '''<—>'''
* [[Endicott Studio Living Room (WisCon 31 panel)|90 Endicott Studio Living Room]]
* [[Endicott Studio Living Room (WisCon 31 panel)|90 Endicott Studio Living Room]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|91 Call and Response]] readings
* [[WisCon 31 readings|91 Call and Response]] readings
* [[Around the Writer's Block (WisCon 31 panel)|92 Around the Writer’s Block]]
* [[Around the Writer's Block (WisCon 31 panel)|92 Around the Writer’s Block]] '''<—>'''
* [[Broad Universe Reading (WisCon 31 panel)|93 Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading]]
* [[Broad Universe Reading (WisCon 31 panel)|93 Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading]]
* [[Wiki Workshop (WisCon 31)|94 Feminist SF Wiki Workshop]]
* [[Wiki Workshop (WisCon 31)|94 Feminist SF Wiki Workshop]]
* [[Judging the Tiptree (WisCon 31 panel)|95 Judging the Tiptree Award]]
* [[Judging the Tiptree (WisCon 31 panel)|95 Judging the Tiptree Award]]
* [[Cultural Appropriation Revisited (WisCon 31)|96 Cultural Appropriation Revisited Part Two: Facilitated Discussion]]
* [[Cultural Appropriation Revisited (WisCon 31)|96 Cultural Appropriation Revisited Part Two: Facilitated Discussion]] (»)
* [[Sarcasm and Superheroics (WisCon 31 panel)|97 Sarcasm and Superheroics: Feminism in the Mainstream Comics Industry]]
* [[Sarcasm and Superheroics (WisCon 31 panel)|97 Sarcasm and Superheroics: Feminism in the Mainstream Comics Industry]]
* [[GOH Mutual Interview Marks & Link (WisCon 31)|98 GOH Mutual Interview: Laurie Marks Interviews Kelly Link/Kelly Link Interviews Laurie Marks]]
* [[GOH Mutual Interview Marks & Link (WisCon 31)|98 GOH Mutual Interview: Laurie Marks Interviews Kelly Link/Kelly Link Interviews Laurie Marks]] '''<—>'''
* [[Outreach to Non-Readers (WisCon 31 panel)|99 Outreach to Non-Readers]]
* [[Outreach to Non-Readers (WisCon 31 panel)|99 Outreach to Non-Readers]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|100 Fantastical Girls in Fantastical Worlds]] readings
* [[WisCon 31 readings|100 Fantastical Girls in Fantastical Worlds]] readings
* [[Video Game Papers (WisCon 31)|101 Playing for Self-Esteem: How Video Games Represent Females And Affect Female Self-Esteem/Idealizing Fantasy Bodies in Video Games]]
* [[Video Game Papers (WisCon 31)|101 Playing for Self-Esteem: How Video Games Represent Females And Affect Female Self-Esteem/Idealizing Fantasy Bodies in Video Games]] '''<—>'''
* [[Staged Reading Juvenilia (WisCon 31)|102 Staged Reading Rehearsal]]
* [[Staged Reading Juvenilia (WisCon 31)|102 Staged Reading Rehearsal]]
* [[Real World Magic (WisCon 31 panel)|103 Real World Magic and Speculative Fiction]]
* [[Real World Magic (WisCon 31 panel)|103 Real World Magic and Speculative Fiction]]
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|104 SF Swim]]  
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|104 SF Swim]]  
* [[Putting the D in InterDisciplinary (WisCon 31 panel)|105 Putting the "D" in InterDisciplinary]]
* [[Putting the D in InterDisciplinary (WisCon 31 panel)|105 Putting the "D" in InterDisciplinary]] '''<—>'''
* [[Rocking the Good Boat Utopia (WisCon 31 panel)|106 Rocking the Good Boat Utopia]]
* [[Rocking the Good Boat Utopia (WisCon 31 panel)|106 Rocking the Good Boat Utopia]] '''<—>'''
* [[SF&F — Revolutionary or Conservative? (WisCon 31 panel)|107 SF&F — Revolutionary or Conservative?]]
* [[SF&F — Revolutionary or Conservative? (WisCon 31 panel)|107 SF&F — Revolutionary or Conservative?]]
* [[Tiptree Auction (WisCon 31)|108 Tiptree Auction]]
* [[Tiptree Auction (WisCon 31)|108 Tiptree Auction]] '''<—>'''
* [[Let's do the Time Warp Again (WisCon 31 panel)|109 Let's Do the Time Warp Again]]
* [[Let's do the Time Warp Again (WisCon 31 panel)|109 Let's Do the Time Warp Again]]
* [[Tragedy of Change (WisCon 31 panel)|110 The Tragedy of Change]]
* [[Tragedy of Change (WisCon 31 panel)|110 The Tragedy of Change]] '''<—>'''
* [[Feminism and Fantasy Art (WisCon 31 panel)|111 Feminism and Fantasy Art]]
* [[Feminism and Fantasy Art (WisCon 31 panel)|111 Feminism and Fantasy Art]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|112 Last of the Michigan Clarionites]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|112 Last of the Michigan Clarionites]]
* [[Marks & Link papers (WisCon 31)|113 Bodies/Politics: Disability, Addiction, and Larger-than-life Women in Laurie Marks’s Elemental Logic/Kelly Link Is Haunting Me—Who Is Haunting Kelly Link?]]
* [[Marks & Link papers (WisCon 31)|113 Bodies/Politics: Disability, Addiction, and Larger-than-life Women in Laurie Marks’s Elemental Logic/Kelly Link Is Haunting Me—Who Is Haunting Kelly Link?]]
* [[Making War on "War" (WisCon 31 panel)|114 Making War on "War"]]
* [[Making War on "War" (WisCon 31 panel)|114 Making War on "War"]] '''<—>'''
* [[Lightning Write (WisCon 31)|115 Lightning Write]]
* [[Lightning Write (WisCon 31)|115 Lightning Write]]
* [[WisCon 31 parties|116 Tales of the Unanticipated Party]]  
* [[WisCon 31 parties|116 Tales of the Unanticipated Party]]  
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* [[Unfair to Middle-Class White Guys (WisCon 31 panel)|122 Unfair to Middle-Class White Guys!]]
* [[Unfair to Middle-Class White Guys (WisCon 31 panel)|122 Unfair to Middle-Class White Guys!]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|123 Fay Goddesses and Little Deaths]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|123 Fay Goddesses and Little Deaths]]
* [[Criticism: Beyond Slamming and Mythologizing (WisCon 31 panel)|124 Criticism: Beyond Slamming And Mythologizing]]
* [[Criticism: Beyond Slamming and Mythologizing (WisCon 31 panel)|124 Criticism: Beyond Slamming And Mythologizing]] '''(T)'''  '''<—>'''
* [[When Good Books Happen to Bad People (WisCon 31 panel)|125 When Good Books Happen to Bad People]]
* [[When Good Books Happen to Bad People (WisCon 31 panel)|125 When Good Books Happen to Bad People]] '''<—>'''
* [[Privilege of the Sword Denied (WisCon 31 panel)|126 The Privilege of the Sword, Denied: Pacification in History)]]
* [[Privilege of the Sword Denied (WisCon 31 panel)|126 The Privilege of the Sword, Denied: Pacification in History)]] '''(T)'''
* [[There Be Dragons! (WisCon 31 panel)|127 There Be Dragons!]]
* [[There Be Dragons! (WisCon 31 panel)|127 There Be Dragons!]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|128 General Reading Group 2]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|128 General Reading Group 2]]


==Sunday 5/27==
==Sunday 5/27==
* [[What the Shadow Knows (WisCon 31 panel)|129 What the Shadow Knows About SF&F]]
* [[What the Shadow Knows (WisCon 31 panel)|129 What the Shadow Knows About SF&F]] '''<—>'''
* [[The New Atheism (WisCon 31 panel)|130 The New Atheism: Hope of the Future or Throwin' Gas on the Fire?]]
* [[The New Atheism (WisCon 31 panel)|130 The New Atheism: Hope of the Future or Throwin' Gas on the Fire?]]
* [[Doing Your Homework (WisCon 31 panel)|131 Doing Your Homework: Where Do You Find the Good Stuff On the Web?]]
* [[Doing Your Homework (WisCon 31 panel)|131 Doing Your Homework: Where Do You Find the Good Stuff On the Web?]]
* [[Transsexuality as Trope (WisCon 31 panel)|132 Transsexuality as Trope]]
* [[Transsexuality as Trope (WisCon 31 panel)|132 Transsexuality as Trope]] '''(T)'''  '''<—>'''
* [[Carl Brandon Society Update (WisCon 31)|133 Carl Brandon Society Update]]
* [[Carl Brandon Society Update (WisCon 31)|133 Carl Brandon Society Update]]
* [[Allure of the Unreconstructed Stereotype (WisCon 31 panel)|134 The Allure of the Unreconstructed Stereotype]]
* [[Allure of the Unreconstructed Stereotype (WisCon 31 panel)|134 The Allure of the Unreconstructed Stereotype]] '''<—>'''
* [[What These People Need Is A Honky (WisCon 31 panel)|135 What These People Need Is A Honky]]
* [[What These People Need Is A Honky (WisCon 31 panel)|135 What These People Need Is A Honky]] '''<—>'''
* [[Can This Genre Be Saved? (WisCon 31)|136 Can This Genre Be Saved?]]
* [[Can This Genre Be Saved? (WisCon 31)|136 Can This Genre Be Saved?]]
* [[Laurie Marks' Fiction (WisCon 31)|137 The Feminist (and other) Appeal of Laurie Marks' Fiction]]
* [[Laurie Marks' Fiction (WisCon 31)|137 The Feminist (and other) Appeal of Laurie Marks' Fiction]]
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* [[Baby Yaga and Ryman's Air papers|140 Baba Yaga Abroad/A Postcolonial “Borders View” of Geoff Ryman’s Air]]
* [[Baby Yaga and Ryman's Air papers|140 Baba Yaga Abroad/A Postcolonial “Borders View” of Geoff Ryman’s Air]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|141 Take a Ride Across Dark Energy into the Fantastic]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|141 Take a Ride Across Dark Energy into the Fantastic]]
* [[Object in the Story (WisCon 31 panel)|142 The Object In the Story, the Story In the Object]]
* [[Object in the Story (WisCon 31 panel)|142 The Object In the Story, the Story In the Object]] '''<—>'''
* [[Let's You and Her Fight (WisCon 31 panel)|143 Let's You And Her Fight]]
* [[Let's You and Her Fight (WisCon 31 panel)|143 Let's You And Her Fight]] '''<—>'''
* [[WisCon 31 activities|144 Circulation Reboot: Basic Bellydance Moves]]
* [[WisCon 31 activities|144 Circulation Reboot: Basic Bellydance Moves]]
* [[Romance of the Revolution (WisCon 31 panel)|145 Romance of the Revolution]]
* [[Romance of the Revolution (WisCon 31 panel)|145 Romance of the Revolution]] '''(T)'''  '''<—>'''
* [[Male Allies (WisCon 31 panel)|146 Male Allies]]
* [[Male Allies (WisCon 31 panel)|146 Male Allies]] '''(T)'''
* [[WisCon 31 readings|147 GOH Reading: Kelly Link]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|147 GOH Reading: Kelly Link]]
* [[Colonialism ... In ... Space! (WisCon 31 panel)|148 Colonialism...In...Space!]]
* [[Colonialism ... In ... Space! (WisCon 31 panel)|148 Colonialism...In...Space!]] '''<—>'''
* [[Mixed-Race Characters in SF (WisCon 31 panel)|149 Mixed-Race Characters in Speculative Fiction]]
* [[Mixed-Race Characters in SF (WisCon 31 panel)|149 Mixed-Race Characters in Speculative Fiction]]
* [[X-Women (WisCon 31 panel)|150 The X-Women]]
* [[X-Women (WisCon 31 panel)|150 The X-Women]]
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* [[Joanna Russ papers (WisCon 31)|154 Destroying the Illusion of Traditional Gender Roles in Joanna Russ’ The Female Man / Weird Worlds, Warrior Women: The Cyberfeminists of Joanna Russ and William Gibson]]
* [[Joanna Russ papers (WisCon 31)|154 Destroying the Illusion of Traditional Gender Roles in Joanna Russ’ The Female Man / Weird Worlds, Warrior Women: The Cyberfeminists of Joanna Russ and William Gibson]]
* [[Stargate panel (WisCon 31)|155 The Role of Women and People of Color in Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis]]
* [[Stargate panel (WisCon 31)|155 The Role of Women and People of Color in Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis]]
* [[Adventures in Peacemaking (WisCon 31 panel)|156 Adventures in Peacemaking]]
* [[Adventures in Peacemaking (WisCon 31 panel)|156 Adventures in Peacemaking]] '''<—>'''
* [[Domestic Fantasy (WisCon 31 panel)|157 Domestic Fantasy]]
* [[Domestic Fantasy (WisCon 31 panel)|157 Domestic Fantasy]] '''<—>'''
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|158 TBA Kids Programming]]
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|158 TBA Kids Programming]]
* [[Room of Your Own (WisCon 31 panel)|159 A Room Of Your Own]]
* [[Room of Your Own (WisCon 31 panel)|159 A Room Of Your Own]] '''<—>'''
* [[Fermi's Paradox (WisCon 31 panel)|160 The Many Answers to Fermi's Paradox]]
* [[Fermi's Paradox (WisCon 31 panel)|160 The Many Answers to Fermi's Paradox]]
* [[So What Is the Plunkett? (WisCon 31 panel)|161 So What Is The Plunkett, Anyway?]]
* [[So What Is the Plunkett? (WisCon 31 panel)|161 So What Is The Plunkett, Anyway?]] '''<—>'''
* [[Pre-Pregnancy Program (WisCon 31 panel)|162 The Pre-Pregnancy Program]]
* [[Pre-Pregnancy Program (WisCon 31 panel)|162 The Pre-Pregnancy Program]]
* [[SF&F on TV This Season (WisCon 31 panel)|163 SF&F on TV This Season]]
* [[SF&F on TV This Season (WisCon 31 panel)|163 SF&F on TV This Season]]
* [[Battlestar Galactica (WisCon 31 panel)|164 Battlestar Galactica: The Debate]]
* [[Battlestar Galactica (WisCon 31 panel)|164 Battlestar Galactica: The Debate]] '''<—>''' '''(T)'''
* [[Writing About War (WisCon 31 panel)|165 Writing About War]]
* [[Writing About War (WisCon 31 panel)|165 Writing About War]]
* [[Little Girls on the Hero's Journey (WisCon 31 panel)|166 Little Girls on the Hero's Journey]]
* [[Little Girls on the Hero's Journey (WisCon 31 panel)|166 Little Girls on the Hero's Journey]]
* [[That's Not Scary Anymore (WisCon 31 panel)|167 That's Not Scary Anymore]]
* [[That's Not Scary Anymore (WisCon 31 panel)|167 That's Not Scary Anymore]]
* [[What Do Writers Owe Their Readers? (WisCon 31 panel)|168 What Do Writers Owe Their Readers?]]
* [[What Do Writers Owe Their Readers? (WisCon 31 panel)|168 What Do Writers Owe Their Readers?]] '''<—>'''
* [[WisCon 31 readings|169 This is Not Your Mother's Childhood]]
* [[WisCon 31 readings|169 This is Not Your Mother's Childhood]]
* [[Author's Blog (WisCon 31 panels)|170 The Author's Blog: Does It Help? Does It Hurt?]]
* [[Author's Blog (WisCon 31 panels)|170 The Author's Blog: Does It Help? Does It Hurt?]]
* [[These Kids Tomorrow (WisCon 31 panels)|171 These Kids Tomorrow]]
* [[These Kids Tomorrow (WisCon 31 panels)|171 These Kids Tomorrow]]
* [[The Human Genome (WisCon 31 panel)|172 The Human Genome]]
* [[The Human Genome (WisCon 31 panel)|172 The Human Genome]]
* [[Just How Smart Are Animals (WisCon 31 panel)|173 Just How Smart Are Animals, Anyway?]]
* [[Just How Smart Are Animals (WisCon 31 panel)|173 Just How Smart Are Animals, Anyway?]] '''<—>'''
* 174 TBA Kids Programming•611• Sunday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|174 TBA Kids Programming]]
* 175 Strange Horizons Tea Party Parties•629• Sunday, 2:30-3:45 p.m. Strange Horizons' much-beloved tea party! Come drink tea and eat yummy things while mingling with your favorite Strange Horizons staff and authors. Hosted by Susan Groppi, Jed Hartman, and Karen Meisner. Jed E. Hartman
* [[WisCon 31 parties|175, 191 Strange Horizons Tea Party]]
* [[Mad Scientist Japanese Tea Party (WisCon 31)|176 Mad Scientist Japanese Tea Party Parties]]•634• Sunday, 2:30-5:15 p.m. Mad Scientist cafe designed for Otaku-girls serves as an antidote against maid cafe which has long fascinated Otaku-boys. At this cafe, Mad Scientists in white with a pair of glasses, who can't communicate with ordinary women, serve to the visitor whatever he or she would like to drink, while wind-up chambermaids and Geishas keep supporting them. Mari Kotani
* [[Mad Scientist Japanese Tea Party (WisCon 31)|176 Mad Scientist Japanese Tea Party Parties]] '''<—>'''  
 
* [[Speculative Fiction Theatre (WisCon 31 panel)|177 Speculative Fiction Theatre]]
* [[Speculative Fiction Theatre (WisCon 31 panel)|177 Speculative Fiction Theatre]]
* [[Fun Home (WisCon 31 panel)|178 Fun Home]]
* [[Fun Home (WisCon 31 panel)|178 Fun Home]]   '''<—>'''
 
* [[John M. Ford In Memoriam (WisCon 31 event)|179 John M. Ford: In Memoriam]] '''<—>'''
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Assembly• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
 
Time magazine named Alison Bechdel's graphic novel Fun Home as its top book of the year, and it spent a good chunk of 2006 on the New York Times best-seller list. Bechdel is the artist/writer best known for her syndicated comic strip "Dykes To Watch Out For". It's pretty rare for (a) autobiography, (b) lesbianism, or (c) a graphic novel to be at the top of any critical list of best books of the year; hitting the trifecta is unprecedented. Which of these three aspects is most surprising? Does Fun Home's success bode well for the future?
 
M: Rachel Sharon Edidin, Janet Lafler, Jenni Moody, JJ Pionke, Vicki Rosenzweig
 
* [[John M. Ford In Memoriam (WisCon 31 event)|179 John M. Ford: In Memoriam]]
 
Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing SF&F•Caucus Room• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
 
There are many in the WisCon community who knew John M. Ford, either through his works or through meeting him in person. Not as formal as a wake or a panel memorial, this is a space, set aside, for people to come, talk, meet, recall the good things he brought us, and have the chance to share that with others.
 
M: Davey Snyder, Debbie Notkin
 
* [[Overnight Success (WisCon 31 panel)|180 "Overnight" Success and the Experienced Writer]]
* [[Overnight Success (WisCon 31 panel)|180 "Overnight" Success and the Experienced Writer]]
 
* [[Feminism, Submission, Loving-Kindness (WisCon 31 panel)|181 Feminism, Submission and Loving-Kindness]] '''<—>'''
The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F•Senate A• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
 
Most writers don't sell their first book. Many don't sell the second or third either. When articles and reviews talk about your "first" book or refer to you as a "new" writer when it's actually your third and you've been writing for fifteen years and selling shorts for eight, it can all feel a bit surreal. Especially because in many ways they're absolutely correct to use those terms. How does a writer cope with feeling old and new at the same time?
 
M: Ellen Klages, Shana Cohen, Lori Devoti, Kelly McCullough, Jennifer Stevenson
 
* [[Feminism, Submission, Loving-Kindness (WisCon 31 panel)|181 Feminism, Submission and Loving-Kindness]]
 
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Senate B• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 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 is a certain overlap between the genderqueer, feminist, and BDSM communities. Can a political stance for equality and a sexual propensity for dominance/submission co-exist? And can one be a committed pacifist and a BDSM practictioner? Can one find the ideals of respect and compassion in kinky life?
 
M: Lyn Paleo, Anna Feruglio Dal Dan, Lynn Kendall, Betsy Lundsten, Laura Mina
 
* [[Escape from the Body (WisCon 31 panel)|182 SF & The Escape From The Body]]
* [[Escape from the Body (WisCon 31 panel)|182 SF & The Escape From The Body]]
 
* [[Good Work in High Fantasy (WisCon 31 panel)|183 How To Do Good Work in High Fantasy]] '''<—>'''  
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Wisconsin• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
 
Science fiction, preeminently the literature of the mind, has historically had an uneasy relationship with the body, from (one of) its seminal text(s), Frankenstein, to modern works like The Ship Who Sang, "The Girl Who Was Plugged In," Old Man's War, the Alien movies. Vernor Vinge's notion of the Singularity provides a way for science fiction to escape the restraints of the body entirely. But should we want to?
 
M: Anne Harris, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Kay Kare, Alicia Kestrell Verlager, Élisabeth Vonarburg
 
* [[Good Work in High Fantasy (WisCon 31 panel)|183 How To Do Good Work in High Fantasy]]
 
The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F•Capitol A• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
 
How do writers work within the genre expectations of traditional high fantasy? What limitations do they face, and how do they challenge and stretch those limits? It's possible to write good fiction without churning out yet another young-man-in-a-remote-village-discovers-his-hidden-destiny plot, isn't it? Let's explore inspirations and ideas for this popular but critically suspect genre.
 
M: Delia Sherman, Patricia Bray, Kelly D. Link, Sarah Monette, Jennifer W. Spirko
 
* [[Love, Marriage, Feminist Pair-Bonding (WisCon 31 panel)|184 Love, Marriage, and Feminist Pair-Bonding]]
* [[Love, Marriage, Feminist Pair-Bonding (WisCon 31 panel)|184 Love, Marriage, and Feminist Pair-Bonding]]
 
* [[WisCon 31 readings|185 Desire and Disappearances]]
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Capitol B• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
 
Last year's fairy tale panel included a spirited discussion on the fact that many traditional fairy tales end with a marriage. Even subversively rewritten fairy tales (such a "CinderEdna") frequently wind up with a marriage — though it's between people better suited to each other — and many books that would be shelved well outside the Romance section find their happy ending from pair-bonding as well. Is this inherently unfeminist? Are there books that deal intensely with relationships that don't feel the need to tie a tidy romantic bow at the end? What do feminist relationships look like?
 
M: Laurie J. Marks, Kate Elliott, R. Emrys Gordon, Victoria McManus, JoSelle Vanderhooft
 
* [[WisCon 31 readings|185 Desire and Disappearances]] Readings•Conference Room 2• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m. Christopher Barzak, Richard Bowes, Alice Kim, Meghan McCarron
 
* [[Inherited Traits (WisCon paper)|186 Inherited Traits: Race, Gender, and Intertextuality in Heroes]]
* [[Inherited Traits (WisCon paper)|186 Inherited Traits: Race, Gender, and Intertextuality in Heroes]]
Academic Papers•Conference Room 3• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Heroes, NBC’s series about everyday people who develop superpowers, features a racially diverse ensemble spanning national and class lines, but bearing a common genetic marker. Inherently intertextual, Heroes references cultural tropes, media archetypes, earlier shows’ structures, and fandom culture. While it has adopted a number of previous innovations, the progress made elsewhere in treatments of gender and race has largely been disregarded. Will Heroes be able to take its sophisticated intertextual approach and use it to take its superhero tale beyond one-dimensional portrayals of race and gender issues, or will it be more of the same? This paper will explore some of Heroes’ more problematic heroes and discuss the show’s potential.
Candra K. Gill
* [[Writing Violence (WisCon 31)|187 Writing Violence]]
* [[Writing Violence (WisCon 31)|187 Writing Violence]]
Solo Presentations•Conference Room 4• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Writing violence: how we do it, what we focus on, not to mention what we avoid, our assumptions and what we think it actually accomplishes, and how all this relates to class.
Dorothy Allison
* [[Third Culture Kids (WisCon 31 panel)|188 Third Culture Kids]]
* [[Third Culture Kids (WisCon 31 panel)|188 Third Culture Kids]]
 
* [[Welcome Back to Riverside! (WisCon 31)|189 Welcome Back to Riverside!]] '''(T)'''
Reading SF&F•Conference Room 5• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
 
Not everyone is born in one country and grows up there. Some are born in one country and then grow up in another, or several others; these are third culture kids. Often, they find themselves out of synch with both places. What is it like to a third culture kid and where can we find ourselves in sf/f? Is Temeraire of the Naomi Novik novels a third culture kid?
 
M: Lawrence Schimel, Alma Alexander, Yoon Ha Lee, K. Joyce Tsai
 
* [[Welcome Back to Riverside! (WisCon 31)|189 Welcome Back to Riverside!]]
 
Solo Presentations•607• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
 
When my first novel, Swordspoint, came out in 1987, I never imagined it would become the touchstone of the "Fantasy of Manners" or "MannerPunk" movement—let alone that I would go on to write two more connected novels, set 60 years (The Fall of the Kings, 2002, written with Delia Sherman) & 20 years (The Privilege of the Sword, 2006) after it! It's been a long, strange trip, and I'd love to describe, discuss and answer readers' questions about the process, the characters and the world—and what's next!
 
Ellen Kushner
 
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|190 SF Swim]]
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|190 SF Swim]]
 
* [[Updates on Decluttering (WisCon 31 panel)|192 Updates on Decluttering]]
Kids Programming•611• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
* [[WisCon 31 activities|193 Dessert Salon]]
 
* [[GoH Speeches and Award Ceremony (WisCon 31)|194 GoH Speeches and Awards Ceremony]]
191 Strange Horizons Tea Party
** [[Tiptree Song 2007]] '''<—>'''
 
* [[WisCon 31 parties|195 Sunday Night Fancy Dress Party]]  
Parties•629• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
* [[WisCon 31 parties|196 Diversicon Party]]  
 
* [[WisCon 31 parties|197 LiveJournal Party]]  
Strange Horizons' much-beloved tea party! Come drink tea and eat yummy things while mingling with your favorite Strange Horizons staff and authors. Hosted by Susan Groppi, Jed Hartman, and Karen Meisner.
* [[WisCon 31 parties|198 The Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts]]  
 
* [[WisCon 31 parties|199 Doctor Who & Torchwood]]  
Jed E. Hartman
* [[WisCon 31 parties|200 Wyrdsmiths Party]] '''<—>'''
 
* [[Fantasy Films of 2006 (WisCon 31)|201 Fantasy Films of 2006: The Year the Critters Ran Wild]]
176 (cont) Mad Scientist Japanese Tea Party
* [[What If You Don't Want To Have Children? (WisCon 31 panel)|202 What If You Don't Want to Have Children?]]  '''<—>'''
 
* [[Words Like Icebergs (WisCon 31 panel)|203 Words Like Icebergs]] '''<—>'''  
Parties•634• Sunday, 2:30-5:15 p.m.
* [[Staged Reading Juvenilia (WisCon 31)|204 Staged Reading Performance: Juvenilia]]
 
* [[WisCon 31 readings|205 Sailing Strange Winds: Heave To and Prepare to be Boarded!]]
Mad Scientist cafe designed for Otaku-girls serves as an antidote against maid cafe which has long fascinated Otaku-boys. At this cafe, Mad Scientists in white with a pair of glasses, who can't communicate with ordinary women, serve to the visitor whatever he or she would like to drink, while wind-up chambermaids and Geishas keep supporting them.
* [[Writing a Spiritual Practice (WisCon 31 panel)|206 Writing as Spiritual Practice]]
 
* [[WisCon 31 readings|207 Glorifying Terrorism Readings]]
Mari Kotani
 
192 Updates on Decluttering
 
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•623• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
 
Two years ago several of us discussed how we were attempting to downsize and declutter our lives. This is a continuation of that subject. Where have we succeeded? Are we still struggling? Suggestions? Failures?
 
M: Karen Babich, Katie Clapham, Magenta Griffith, Joyce K. Scrivner, Laurel Winter
 
Sunday, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
 
193 Dessert Salon
 
Events•Wis/Cap• Sunday, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
 
The Dessert Salon is held immediately before the Guest of Honor speeches. Buy your tickets early—the yummy desserts make this sure to sell out!
 
 
Sunday, 8:30-10:00 p.m.
 
194 GoH Speeches and Awards Ceremony
 
Events•Wis/Cap• Sunday, 8:30-10:00 p.m.
 
This Guest of Honor event is the high point of WisCon programming; it's the formal event at which we honor our guests and listen to what they have to say to us. In the past, guests have given us rallying calls to political action, humorous anecdotes, scholarly treatises, exposés, autobiographical histories, earthshaking ideas and passionate and lyrical speeches. Sometimes they have even had far–reaching consequences. For instance, Pat Murphy initiated the Tiptree Award as part of her 1991 GoH speech at WisCon 15.
 
 
* [[WisCon 31 parties|195 Sunday Night Fancy Dress Party]] Parties•607• Sunday, 8:30-12:45 a.m
* [[WisCon 31 parties|196 Diversicon Party]] Parties•611• Sunday, 8:30-12:45 a.m
* [[WisCon 31 parties|197 LiveJournal Party]] Parties•627• Sunday, 8:30-12:45 a.m
* [[WisCon 31 parties|198 The Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts]] Parties•629• Sunday, 8:30-12:45 a.m
* [[WisCon 31 parties|199 Doctor Who & Torchwood]] Parties•634• Sunday, 8:30-12:45 a.m
* [[WisCon 31 parties|200 Wyrdsmiths Party]] Parties•623• Sunday, 8:30-12:45 a.m
 
 
* 201 Fantasy Films of 2006: The Year the Critters Ran Wild
 
Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing SF&F•Assembly• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 p.m.
 
In this and the companion panel, "SF Films of 2006", moderator Richard S. Russell will try to explain the mysterious Rise of the Penguin and why Cars count as "talking animals." Handouts. Video clips. Mandatory audience participation.
 
M: Richard S. Russell
 
* 202 What If You Don't Want to Have Children?
 
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Senate A• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 p.m.
 
Is not wanting kids is the last feminist taboo? There are lots of Wiscon programming items about being a parent/being pregnant/whatever — how about the rest of us?
 
M: Sharyn November, Carrie L Ferguson, Paula L. Fleming, Annalee Newitz, Isabel Schechter
 
* 203 Words Like Icebergs
 
Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing SF&F•Senate B• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 p.m.
 
Our language is formed by the place we were born: the names for the hills, the rivers, the trees. Our writing is about our history; the etymology of place and personal names. Words are like glaciers—most of the meaning is hidden, but with great mass. Growing up speaking Creole, Yorkshire, a Down East dialect—it changes what we write. Let's talk about what we've written and how it was shaped. Let's guess where Famous Feminist Fiction of the past came from, and why.
 
M: Nicolle Minnerly, Nicola Griffith, Natasha Minnerly, Lawrence Schimel, Catherynne M. Valente
 
* 204 Staged Reading Performance: Juvenilia
 
Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing SF&F•Wis/Cap• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 p.m.
 
For the first time ever, WisCon presents a staged reading of a new fantasy play, rehearsed at WisCon, with a cast of WisCon-goers. Juvenilia, a comic drama about an abandoned world, will thrill your senses and break your heart. Keep an eye out for your friends on stage! Followed by discussion.
 
M: Liz L. Gorinsky, Reina Hardy
 
* 205 Sailing Strange Winds: Heave To and Prepare to be Boarded! Readings•Conference Room 2• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 p.m. Kelly Regan Barnhill, Michael Merriam, Hilary Moon Murphy, Benjamin Micah Rosenbaum
 
* 206 Writing as Spiritual Practice
 
The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F•Conference Room 5• Sunday, 10:00-11:15 p.m.
 
Convention panels on writing tend to focus either on the craft of fiction or on the business aspects of being a writer. For many of us, writing's also part of our spiritual practice. Let's talk about it! How are writing and spirituality connected? Do fantasy and science fiction lend themselves more naturally to spiritual expression than, say, writing computer manuals would — or vice versa? How do the spiritual aspects of writing intersect with the artistic and business aspects?
 
M: Susan Palwick, Lori Buschbaum, Patrick James Rothfuss, Nisi Shawl
 
* 207 Glorifying Terrorism Readings•Conference Room 2• Sunday, 11:30pm -12:45 a.m Vylar Kaftan, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Rachel Virginia Swirsky, James A Trimarco


==Monday 5/28==
==Monday 5/28==


* 208 Workshop: Morning Taekwondo Solo Presentations•Capitol B• Monday, 8:30-9:45 a.m.
* [[WisCon 31 activities|208 Workshop: Morning Taekwondo]]
 
* [[WisCon 31 readings|209 InterFictions Anthology Reading]]  
A short introduction to the korean martial art of taekwondo. This workshop will emphasize the applications of the two basic forms (Taeguek One and Palgwe One). No previous experience necessary. Taught by a third degree black belt.
* [[Future of Feminism (WisCon 31 panel)|210 The Future of Feminism]] '''<—>'''
 
Adrian Alan Simmons
 
* [[WisCon 31 readings|209 InterFictions Anthology Reading]] Readings•Conference Room 2• Monday, 8:30-9:45 a.m. K Tempest Bradford, Shelley Jackson, Tom La Farge, Catherynne M. Valente
 
* [[Future of Feminism (WisCon 31 panel)|210 The Future of Feminism]]
 
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Assembly• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
 
Some of the most intense and fruitful conversations I've had at past WisCons are about how feminism needs to change as the first generation of "post-feminist" women grow up and step into a still-unequal and complicated world. Third Wave feminism is associated with everything from Suicide Girls to PowerPuff Girls to radical postmodern re-thinkings of race, gender and identity. Is "Girl Power" all we need, or is it time for a dramatic re-assessment of what it means to be a feminist today? And how can we take more action, besides rolling our eyes when another person on TV describes how boob jobs boost confidence?
 
M: Susan Marie Groppi, Janet Lafler, Kimberley Long-Ewing, Meghan McCarron, Andrea Diane Rubenstein
 
* [[Teaching SF&F (WisCon 31 panel)|211 Teaching SF&F]]
* [[Teaching SF&F (WisCon 31 panel)|211 Teaching SF&F]]
The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F•Caucus Room• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
Bringing SF & F into the classroom: what are some different approaches for primary school, high school, undergrad, postgrad? Creative approaches to introducing SF & F (examples: as an ethics course, in film studies, pop culture, in gender studies, science programmes, etc.) Devising syllabi and reading lists: go with the "classics," or take a cannon to the canon? What if your department head thinks science fiction has cooties?
M: JJ Pionke, Trent Hergenrader, Kelly McCullough, Cat T. Rambo, Patrick James Rothfuss
* [[Boy Books? Girl Books? (WisCon 31 panel)|212 Boy Books? Girl Books?]]
* [[Boy Books? Girl Books? (WisCon 31 panel)|212 Boy Books? Girl Books?]]
 
* [[But the Master Has a Black & Decker (WisCon 31)|213 But The Master Has A Black & Decker Cordless Drill]] '''<—>'''
Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing SF&F•Senate A• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
* [[WisCon 31 readings|214 Farthing Magazine/Nights at the Gauntlet]] Readings
 
* [[Starman / Woman's Superpower papers (WisCon 31)|215 “Wait and See What I Become”: Gender and Performativity in James Robinson’s Starman/The Woman's Superpower: Ghosts, Empaths, and Psychics in Contemporary American Prime-Time Television]]
Ever have a conversation with someone about a piece of literature and found yourself surprised and to have it dismissed (or lauded, or simply suggested) as a “boy book” or a “girl book”? Let’s discuss the characteristics that may cause a book to get one label or another. Is it the gender of the author? Of the characters? Of the readership? Its violence, or lack thereof? Its language? Its cover design? Is there any value in these designations for finding and attracting audiences, or do they just wind up ghettoizing whatever they’re applied to? How do these values apply specifically to the SF&F world and the (dying, hopefully?) perception that boys write science fiction for boys and girls write fantasy for girls? And how do non-binary gender systems play into or against these conventions?
 
M: Sharyn November, Lori Devoti, Liz L. Gorinsky, Laurie J. Marks, Pat Murphy
 
* [[But the Master Has a Black & Decker (WisCon 31)|213 But The Master Has A Black & Decker Cordless Drill]]
 
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Senate B• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
 
How can we question literary standards that support the patriarchy/establishment/Man without suppressing critical judgment, and while maintaining a common critical language?
 
M: Jesse Kaysen, Jennifer Dunne, Micole Iris Sudberg, Catherynne M. Valente
 
* [[Wiscon 31 readings|214 Farthing Magazine/Nights at the Gauntlet]] Readings•Conference Room 2• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m. Charlie Allery, Wendy Bradley, Anna Feruglio Dal Dan, Debbie L. Smith, Deb Taber, Greer Woodward
 
215 “Wait and See What I Become”: Gender and Performativity in James Robinson’s Starman/The Woman's Superpower: Ghosts, Empaths, and Psychics in Contemporary American Prime-Time Television
 
Academic Papers•Conference Room 3• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
 
1) Starman is a story about generations of families, one that presents two ages of heroes—the simply-themed, brightly colored superstars of the Golden Age and their grittier, more morally complex modern counterparts—as a foil for the relationships between parents and children. In this capacity, writer James Robinson has—and takes—the opportunity to examine and split from not only Golden Age idealism, but also more modern superhero tropes. This paper is a feminist exploration of the roles of performativity and gender in the personal and public identities of three characters: Jack Knight (Starman), the protagonist of the series; Nash (Mist), Starman's primary antagonist and Starman's only major female character; and Mikaal, a minor character whose nature as an alien and relative tabula rasa makes his perspective a particularly interesting lens on constructed social norms. I will examine each character through the lenses of superhero archetypes and culture, Judith Butler's theories of performativity, and my own perspective as a reader; and ultimately address the question, "Is Starman a feminist comic?" 2) In the wealth of supernaturally-themed television currently airing, those programs centered on women protagonists display a curious emphasis on the ability to "sense" emotions or events and to communicate with a spirit world. Scripted dramas such as Medium, Ghost Whisperer, and the now-defunct Joan of Arcadia and Tru Calling are joined by reality-style programs including Life Among the Dead: Lisa Williams. By endowing female protagonists with supernatural abilities, these shows encourage an allegoric reading of women's power in contemporary America. The leads struggle with their gifts as both blessing and curse, as they negotiate their own experience of their powers, the professional demands they face, and the integration of these abilities with a white, middle-class, heterosexual domesticity. Notably, these women find greater overall satisfaction than powerful action heroines of the past. However, the feminist potential of these programs is truncated by the emphasis on traditionally feminine characteristics of communication, care, spirituality and service to others. This feminine supernatural genre is neither coincidental nor a simplistic reinforcement of gender ideology.
 
Rachel Sharon Edidin, Elizabeth Ellcessor
 
* [[How Dense Can We Get? (WisCon 31 panel)|216 How Dense Can We Get? Options for Making a Better Future]]
* [[How Dense Can We Get? (WisCon 31 panel)|216 How Dense Can We Get? Options for Making a Better Future]]
 
* [[Religious Left WisCon 31 panel)|217 The Religious Left Takes to the Streets]]
Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Conference Room 4• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
* [[Kids Programming (WisCon 31)|218 Board and Card Games Kids Programming]]
 
* [[Crutch of Religion (WisCon 31 panel)|219 The Crutch of Religion in Moral Behavior]] '''<—>'''  
As of January 2007, the world population had passed the 6.5 billion mark, and many people feel we’re headed for trouble. Overpopulation has been linked to a whole series of possible catastrophes — global warming, resource depletion, and starvation. What should feminists do, who care about the future of the planet, and our future on it? If we need to change course, what should the new one be. The panelists will be giving short presentations on the problems associated with overpopulation, and their ideas for solutions, after which there will be time for discussion.
* [[Charting Interstitiality (WisCon 31 program)|220 Charting Interstitiality: Choosing stories for InterFictions]]
 
* [[WisCon 31 activities|221 The SignOut]]  
M: Nancy Jane Moore, Paula L. Fleming, Philip Edward Kaveny
* [[Post-Mortem (WisCon 31)|222 Post–Mortem]]  
 
* [[Mid-Career Writers events (WisCon 31)|223 Mid Career Writers Gathering]]  
* [[Religious Left WisCon 31 panel)|217 The Religious Left Takes to the Streets]]
* [[WisCon 31 parties|224 OddCon/Dead Cow Party]]
 
Politics, Race, Class, and Religion•Conference Room 5• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
 
Last year's "Where is the Religious Left?" panel determined that the Religious Left is right here at WisCon. Now it's time for the second part of the conversation. What specific actions can we take both to make ourselves more visible and to work on the social-justice issues dear to our hearts and our faith traditions? How can we do this without falling into the "us/them" dichotomy the Right has used so destructively? In the current climate, is it even possible to avoid the politics of opposition?
 
M: Susan Palwick, Alyson L Abramowitz, Lynn Kendall, Jean Mornard, Pamela K. Taylor
 
* 218 Board and Card Games Kids Programming•611• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
 
* [[Crutch of Religion (WisCon 31 panel)|219 The Crutch of Religion in Moral Behavior]]
 
Politics, Race, Class, and Religion•629• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.
 
One of the many points of contention between "the faithful" and "the rest of us" is how to tell whether we are living a moral life. For many of "the faithful," this means living in accordance with the precepts of their religion—while to "the rest of us" the externalization of authority seems like an abdication of moral responsibility. For many of "the rest of us," the nearest thing to a moral compass would be some kind of individual test such as "if it feels good, do it" or "to have and to offer no guilt, no shame, and no regrets" or "the golden rule"—while such moral relativism seems like an abdication of religious responsibility to "the faithful." This panel will focus on the "moral compass" of SF characters who grapple with these questions, such as Lauren Oya Olamina of (the late) Octavia E. Butler's Parables books and Father Sandoz of Mary Doria Russell's Sparrow series. We will also consider SF characters who are seemingly oblivious to the issue such as the heroine of Suzy McKee Charnas' Holdfast series and the protagonist of Ken MacLeod's Cosmonaut Keep series.
 
M: lucy ann synk, Ian K. Hagemann, Isabel Schechter
 
* [[Charting Interstitiality (WisCon 31 program)|220 Charting Interstitiality: Choosing stories for InterFictions Solo Presentations•634• Monday, 10:00-11:15 a.m. Delia Sherman]]
* [[SignOut (WisCon 31)|221 The SignOut]] Events•Wis/Cap• Monday, 11:30am-12:45pm Come and sign your works, come and get things signed, come and hang out and wind down before you leave. Alma Alexander, Charlie Anders, Elizabeth Bear, Steve Berman, Gary A. Braunbeck, Lori Devoti, L. Timmel Duchamp, Carol Emshwiller, Kelley Eskridge, Alicia Ellen Goranson, Nicola Griffith, Andrea D. Hairston, Rosemary Kirstein, Ellen Klages, Naomi Kritzer, Ellen Kushner, Kelly D. Link, Kimberley Long-Ewing, Will Ludwigsen, Laurie J. Marks, Sarah Monette, Nancy Jane Moore, Pat Murphy, Annalee Newitz, Nnedi Nkemdili Okorafor-Mbahu, Susan Palwick, M. Rickert, James P. Roberts, Benjamin Micah Rosenbaum, Patrick James Rothfuss, Rebecca K. Rowe, Melissa Scott, Kristine Smith, Lucy A. Snyder, Midori M. Snyder, Kassandra Grace Sojourner, Catherynne M. Valente, Kerrigan Valentine, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Élisabeth Vonarburg, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Terri Windling
* [[Post-Mortem (WisCon 31)|222 Post–Mortem]] Events•Assembly• Monday, 1:00-2:15 p.m. The last panel of WisCon is your opportunity to let us know how things went for you. Committee members who are still able to walk will answer your questions and listen to your suggestions.
* [[Mid-Career Writers Gathering (WisCon 31)|223 Mid Career Writers Gathering]] Solo Presentations•Senate A• Monday, 1:00-2:15 p.m. Pat Murphy
* [[WisCon 31 parties|224 OddCon/Dead Cow Party]] Parties•629• Monday, 3:00 p.m.- 3:00 a.m.


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