Michael and Lynne at WisCon
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michaeldthomasWe now have official schedules for WisCon. Please feel free to stalk us. :)
Doctor Who and Torchwood—“The Gay Agenda”
Track(s) Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction
Description When openly gay writer Russell T Davies became showrunner of the relaunched Doctor Who, many tabloid papers and homophobic Doctor Who fans hypothesized that he would insert a “gay agenda” into the series as he had with his shows Queer As Folk and Bob and Rose. Now that he is ending his run as Executive Producer, we can look back on the series and its plethora of LGBT characters to see how he handled them and whether or not he truly had an overarching queer agenda in mind as he created the series and its spin–offs.
Location Assembly
Schedule Sun 8:30 - 9:45AM
Panelists M: Michael D. Thomas, Jenny Sessions, Lynne M. Thomas, Gretchen Treu
The Politics of Posterity
Track(s) Power, Privilege, and Oppression (Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction)
Description A panel/roundtable discussion with authors, librarians, archivists, and scholars about how the SF/F canon is established, with focus on how the archiving of literary papers affects canon formation. Is archiving feminist authors, authors of color, or authors that typically write in feminized genres (e.g. fantasy, women's fiction, fanfic) a political act? When so many modern archives are mostly electronic, how can we ensure that a broad variety of works survives?
Location Conference 5
Schedule Sun 2:30 - 3:45PM
Panelists M: Lynne M. Thomas, Brad Lyau, Sarah Monette
Media vs. Book Fandom
Track(s) Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction
Description Do you know what Paul Gross arms are? Has anything ever harshed your squee? How do SF/F print and media fandoms get along? Is there a generational difference? Gender differences? Race differences? Vocabulary differences? Do people tend to participate in both, or only one or the other? What does each fandom think of the other? Where do comics fans fit in? And what about those crazy bandom people?
Location Senate B
Schedule Sun 4:00 - 5:15PM
Panelists M: Ariel Franklin-Hudson, Constance Callahan, Sigrid J. Ellis, Jacqueline A. Gross, Michael D. Thomas
Always a Companion, Never a Doctor
Track(s) Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction
Description After the announcement that David Tennant was stepping down from playing Doctor Who, not only was there much speculation over who would step into the role as the Eleventh Doctor, there was speculation that perhaps the role could be taken over by a ... woman? Nah! Why is The Doctor never a woman? Why did some fans feel compelled to half–apologize that they'd be "okay" with The Doctor being played by a woman? Is there something about Doctor Who that makes the character inherently male??
Location Conference 5
Schedule Mon 10:00 - 11:15AM
Panelists M: Michael D. Thomas, Chris Hill, Kathryn Sullivan, Lynne M. Thomas
Doctor Who and Torchwood—“The Gay Agenda”
Track(s) Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction
Description When openly gay writer Russell T Davies became showrunner of the relaunched Doctor Who, many tabloid papers and homophobic Doctor Who fans hypothesized that he would insert a “gay agenda” into the series as he had with his shows Queer As Folk and Bob and Rose. Now that he is ending his run as Executive Producer, we can look back on the series and its plethora of LGBT characters to see how he handled them and whether or not he truly had an overarching queer agenda in mind as he created the series and its spin–offs.
Location Assembly
Schedule Sun 8:30 - 9:45AM
Panelists M: Michael D. Thomas, Jenny Sessions, Lynne M. Thomas, Gretchen Treu
The Politics of Posterity
Track(s) Power, Privilege, and Oppression (Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction)
Description A panel/roundtable discussion with authors, librarians, archivists, and scholars about how the SF/F canon is established, with focus on how the archiving of literary papers affects canon formation. Is archiving feminist authors, authors of color, or authors that typically write in feminized genres (e.g. fantasy, women's fiction, fanfic) a political act? When so many modern archives are mostly electronic, how can we ensure that a broad variety of works survives?
Location Conference 5
Schedule Sun 2:30 - 3:45PM
Panelists M: Lynne M. Thomas, Brad Lyau, Sarah Monette
Media vs. Book Fandom
Track(s) Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction
Description Do you know what Paul Gross arms are? Has anything ever harshed your squee? How do SF/F print and media fandoms get along? Is there a generational difference? Gender differences? Race differences? Vocabulary differences? Do people tend to participate in both, or only one or the other? What does each fandom think of the other? Where do comics fans fit in? And what about those crazy bandom people?
Location Senate B
Schedule Sun 4:00 - 5:15PM
Panelists M: Ariel Franklin-Hudson, Constance Callahan, Sigrid J. Ellis, Jacqueline A. Gross, Michael D. Thomas
Always a Companion, Never a Doctor
Track(s) Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing Science Fiction
Description After the announcement that David Tennant was stepping down from playing Doctor Who, not only was there much speculation over who would step into the role as the Eleventh Doctor, there was speculation that perhaps the role could be taken over by a ... woman? Nah! Why is The Doctor never a woman? Why did some fans feel compelled to half–apologize that they'd be "okay" with The Doctor being played by a woman? Is there something about Doctor Who that makes the character inherently male??
Location Conference 5
Schedule Mon 10:00 - 11:15AM
Panelists M: Michael D. Thomas, Chris Hill, Kathryn Sullivan, Lynne M. Thomas
