WisCon!

How is WisCon only a few days away? If you're looking for me or rarelylynne, here are our schedules:

Chicks Dig Time Lords
Fri, 4:00–5:15 pm
There is a perception that there weren't many women in Doctor Who fandom before the New Series was launched. This is patently false. Women have had a major role in Doctor Who fandom since the inception of the show. Do women approach and experience their Doctor Who fandom (or other media fandoms) differently than men? This panel explores different approaches to media fandom by the women involved in it, functioning within an assumed male–dominated fandom. Approaches to fandom discussed will range from feminist critique to costuming to fan fiction.
Lynne M. Thomas (M), K. Tempest Bradford, Evelyn Browne, Kathryn Sullivan

Mothering as a Career
Sun, 8:30–9:45 am
Molly Weasley did it. Marmee did it. Dr. Kate Murray did it. Is it possible in this day and age to be an at–home mom while juggling our own interests and needs? Do these supermoms set the bar too high for us mere mortals? Or do they urge us to become better at doing this vital job: raising the next generation? Let's explore motherhood in fact and fiction.
Heather (M), Jean Roberta, Michael D. Thomas, Ibi Aanu Zoboi

Readings from Chicks Dig Time Lords
Sun, 10:00–11:15 am
K. Tempest Bradford, Mary Robinette Kowal, Kathryn Sullivan, Lynne M. Thomas

Fighting Impostor Syndrome
Sun, 1:00–2:15 pm
Do you ever feel like you are not nearly as smart/cool/together/awesome as other people seem to think you are? Do you feel like you are constantly faking competence and that at any second you will be revealed as a fraud? Do you wonder why other women do not seem as plagued by this problem as you are? Most of us are. Published authors, awesome bloggers, amazing mothers, fierce feminists—many of us are in the same boat. Let's get together and talk about how we work through those feelings, why we have them, and how we can avoid passing them on to the next generation of women.
Heidi Waterhouse (M), Jess Adams, Nick Murphy, Jennifer Pelland, Lynne M. Thomas

Expressing Fannish Enthusiasm
Mon, 10:00–11:15 am
Explore the tensions and similarities between book fandoms and media fandoms. We express common creative impulses via available technologies: APAs and email lists, filk and vids, local SF groups and BBSes, zines and blogs, cons and USENET, LiveJournal/Dreamwidth, Tor.com. Have new technologies broadened fandom, enabled the expression of new enthusiasms, or suppressed creative development?
Jim Hudson (M), Bill "whump" Humphries, J J Pionke, Michael D. Thomas

The SignOut
Mon, 11:30 am–12:45 pm
John Joseph Adams, Alma Alexander, Eleanor A. Arnason, F. J. Bergmann, Kat Beyer, Terry Bisson, Alex Bledsoe, Suzy Charnas, Richard Chwedyk, Rick Dakan, Alan John DeNiro, Lori Devoti, Moondancer Drake, Timmi Duchamp, Carol F. Emshwiller, James Frenkel, Greer Gilman, Hiromi Goto, Anna Black, Eileen Gunn, Andrea D. Hairston, Karen Elizabeth Healey, N. K. Jemisin, Ellen Klages, Mary Robinette Kowal, Claire Light, Kimberley Long-Ewing, Kelly McCullough, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Sarah Monette, Nancy Jane Moore, Pat Murphy, Nnedi Okorafor, Sarah B. Prineas, Madeleine Robins, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Patrick James Rothfuss, Catherine M. Schaff-Stump, Fred Schepartz, David J. Schwartz, Nisi Shawl, Jennifer K. Stevenson, Caroline Stevermer, Cecilia Tan, Lynne M. Thomas, JoSelle Vanderhooft

We hope to see you there! :-)