My WisCon Schedule
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naomikritzerBy some fluke, I am on five panels and not moderating a single one.
Little House on the Manifest Destiny
Fri, 4:00–5:15 pm, Senate A
Her daughter — who turned her onto writing — was a founding Libertarian. Her father, who she idealized, idealized the Native Americans he was disinheriting. Underappreciated prose stylist (greatest landscape- and handicraft-porn evar!), she gave us an ideal of firm, calm, warm, loving parenthood — embodied in parents who constantly and willfully risked their childrens' lives. Agrarian populist who founded a commercial empire on Western nostalgia, she domesticated the narrative of the American West, rendering cozy, intimate, and feminine — without softening its danger — the same era of peril, deprivation, and genocide that Wild Bill Hickock masculinized into "Cowboys and Indians" fun. Is SF's "frontier nostalgia" all Hickock, or did we inherit some Laura Ingalls Wilder too?
Marguerite Reed (mod), Evelyn Browne, Haddayr Copley-Woods, Naomi Kritzer, Victor J. Raymond, Benjamin Rosenbaum
Playing with the Shiny Muse
Sat, 4:00–5:15 pm, Room 634
Elise Matthesen was nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 2009 "for setting out to inspire and for serving as inspiration for works of poetry, fantasy, and SF over the last decade through her jewelry-making and her 'artist's challenges.'" Jo Walton has gotten necklaces for several of her novels and written poetry inspired by new work posted online by Elise. Others have written short stories, poetry, and songs. Every WisCon, ten to twenty percent of the membership writes haiku for earrings. What's useful and interesting about playing with the shiny muse? How does that work?
Elise Matthesen (M), Amal El-Mohtar, Naomi Kritzer, Rez, Jo Walton
History Diverges: Alternate History and "What if?" as a Fiction Sub-genre
Sat, 10:30–11:45 pm, Senate A
Alternate history can be so realistic that it may strike readers as more plausible than what actually happened (GoH Jo Walton's Small Change series would be a great example of this.) Beyond the fundamental "what if…?" question, what issues and ideas are we exploring when we read (or write) alternate history? What are we saying with the scenarios we put together or seek out?
Victor J. Raymond (M), Richard F. Dutcher, Chip Hitchcock, Naomi Kritzer, Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey
(Something I found a little startling: I'm the only woman on this panel. At most cons that's par for the course, but it's a little surprising at WisCon.)
Sex Ed Curricula: the Good, the Bad, and the Actively Malicious
Sun, 10:00–11:15 am, Conference 5
Sex ed has been increasingly politicized in recent decades, with some states mandating "abstinence-only" programs and skipping all contraceptive information. Are there any sex ed curricula that are adequate and yet politically palatable? How do you find out what sex ed is being provided at schools in your area? Who do we lobby, and in the meantime, how do we make up for the inadequate information most kids are getting?
Shannon Prickett (M), Susie, Naomi Kritzer, Katherine Olson/Kayjayoh, Carrie Tilton-Jones
Books Saved My Life
Sun, 2:30–3:45 pm, Capitol B
"I can bear anything as long as there are books," says the protagonist of Jo Walton's Among Others, in one of those lines that probably speaks to everyone at WisCon. Let's talk about our childhood fandoms, the books that got us through hard times, the books we still turn to for solace, the books that saved our lives.
Jeanne Gomoll (M), Naomi Kritzer, Ellen Kushner, Madeleine E. Robins, Jane A Thompson
I am not going to be at the sign-out, but if you have something you want me to sign, feel free to just grab me after a panel or flag me down wherever you spot me.
Little House on the Manifest Destiny
Fri, 4:00–5:15 pm, Senate A
Her daughter — who turned her onto writing — was a founding Libertarian. Her father, who she idealized, idealized the Native Americans he was disinheriting. Underappreciated prose stylist (greatest landscape- and handicraft-porn evar!), she gave us an ideal of firm, calm, warm, loving parenthood — embodied in parents who constantly and willfully risked their childrens' lives. Agrarian populist who founded a commercial empire on Western nostalgia, she domesticated the narrative of the American West, rendering cozy, intimate, and feminine — without softening its danger — the same era of peril, deprivation, and genocide that Wild Bill Hickock masculinized into "Cowboys and Indians" fun. Is SF's "frontier nostalgia" all Hickock, or did we inherit some Laura Ingalls Wilder too?
Marguerite Reed (mod), Evelyn Browne, Haddayr Copley-Woods, Naomi Kritzer, Victor J. Raymond, Benjamin Rosenbaum
Playing with the Shiny Muse
Sat, 4:00–5:15 pm, Room 634
Elise Matthesen was nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 2009 "for setting out to inspire and for serving as inspiration for works of poetry, fantasy, and SF over the last decade through her jewelry-making and her 'artist's challenges.'" Jo Walton has gotten necklaces for several of her novels and written poetry inspired by new work posted online by Elise. Others have written short stories, poetry, and songs. Every WisCon, ten to twenty percent of the membership writes haiku for earrings. What's useful and interesting about playing with the shiny muse? How does that work?
Elise Matthesen (M), Amal El-Mohtar, Naomi Kritzer, Rez, Jo Walton
History Diverges: Alternate History and "What if?" as a Fiction Sub-genre
Sat, 10:30–11:45 pm, Senate A
Alternate history can be so realistic that it may strike readers as more plausible than what actually happened (GoH Jo Walton's Small Change series would be a great example of this.) Beyond the fundamental "what if…?" question, what issues and ideas are we exploring when we read (or write) alternate history? What are we saying with the scenarios we put together or seek out?
Victor J. Raymond (M), Richard F. Dutcher, Chip Hitchcock, Naomi Kritzer, Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey
(Something I found a little startling: I'm the only woman on this panel. At most cons that's par for the course, but it's a little surprising at WisCon.)
Sex Ed Curricula: the Good, the Bad, and the Actively Malicious
Sun, 10:00–11:15 am, Conference 5
Sex ed has been increasingly politicized in recent decades, with some states mandating "abstinence-only" programs and skipping all contraceptive information. Are there any sex ed curricula that are adequate and yet politically palatable? How do you find out what sex ed is being provided at schools in your area? Who do we lobby, and in the meantime, how do we make up for the inadequate information most kids are getting?
Shannon Prickett (M), Susie, Naomi Kritzer, Katherine Olson/Kayjayoh, Carrie Tilton-Jones
Books Saved My Life
Sun, 2:30–3:45 pm, Capitol B
"I can bear anything as long as there are books," says the protagonist of Jo Walton's Among Others, in one of those lines that probably speaks to everyone at WisCon. Let's talk about our childhood fandoms, the books that got us through hard times, the books we still turn to for solace, the books that saved our lives.
Jeanne Gomoll (M), Naomi Kritzer, Ellen Kushner, Madeleine E. Robins, Jane A Thompson
I am not going to be at the sign-out, but if you have something you want me to sign, feel free to just grab me after a panel or flag me down wherever you spot me.
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