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DragonCon
magnuskn:
--- Quote from: g33k on September 10, 2019, 04:26:35 AM ---WaitWHAT?
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but
WHY?
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Uh, because they booked male stars of Fantasy/SF, I guess? I mean, what's the question here?
Kindler:
--- Quote from: magnuskn on September 10, 2019, 08:30:02 PM ---Uh, because they booked male stars of Fantasy/SF, I guess? I mean, what's the question here?
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Just odd that they have a panel dedicated to male stars of Fantasy/SF, when they're genres typically dominated by men in the first place. Most conventions either A) wouldn't name the panel that (just "stars of Fantasy/SF," or B) would go the opposite route and have a female stars panel. It's an unusual choice in today's climate.
It'd be almost (not quite, but almost) like having an African American NBA Player panel.
magnuskn:
Well, the moderator was female. All in all, it was a panel very much worth watching.
g33k:
--- Quote from: magnuskn on September 10, 2019, 08:30:02 PM --- Uh, because they booked male stars of Fantasy/SF, I guess? I mean, what's the question here?
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Maybe I misunderstood, and it was just the only panel (of several such) that had all-male presenters, and colloquially id'ed that way.
But if it was titled & presented as the one where only male authors would be on the panel... That seems weird.
And not in a good way. Like it'd be extra work to prevent it from being weird-in-an-actively-bad-way.
<shrug> But I wasn't there.
magnuskn:
Still don't get it. They had some of the most accredited popular authors in SF/Fantasy on and they happened to be male. It was a very informative panel on the technical side of writing.
Here's a link to Priscilla's video of it. I highly recommend watching it if you want to get into writing:
https://youtu.be/AJV4E0eNO-0?
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