tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post7905614835091118133..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: Notes on "Women Destroy Science Fiction: Not Again panel at Potlatch 24Timmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-78654489896332262772015-02-10T13:12:21.198-08:002015-02-10T13:12:21.198-08:00I spoke with Kate Schaefer, the panel organizer, w...I spoke with Kate Schaefer, the panel organizer, who filled me in on the answers to my questions, which I share with you: "The reason there were no contributors on the Potlatch Book of Honor panel is simple: that panel is always a readers’ panel, not a writers’ panel. The book of honor panel works somewhat like a book club meeting, a book club that only meets once a year. It was great to have some of the contributors in the room and able to talk about the book as well. The younger people question: I did ask one younger person, but she wasn’t able to be on the panel, and I didn’t have bandwidth or time to recruit another. I was also deliberately keeping the number of panelists small so that the focus would be on the people in the room getting to talk rather than all the talking coming from the people on the dais." Thanks, Kate!<br />Eileen Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142274562155993622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-2732808391417115292015-02-09T21:47:32.237-08:002015-02-09T21:47:32.237-08:00Well, that's why I'm asking, Mike. Maybe t...Well, that's why I'm asking, Mike. Maybe there was some larger plan that didn't quite work out? <br />Eileen Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142274562155993622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-40246668988010145922015-02-09T20:54:21.373-08:002015-02-09T20:54:21.373-08:00Maybe none of "the younger women... the peopl...Maybe none of "the younger women... the people of color... the token man" volunteered to be on the panel."Orange Mike" Lowreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873590101675983279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-48269821313666515622015-02-09T17:25:58.684-08:002015-02-09T17:25:58.684-08:00I have been wondering why the panel consisted of t...I have been wondering why the panel consisted of three white women over the age of fifty -- some of us *well* over the age of fifty -- none of whom were associated with the anthology. What was remarkable about the anthology was the diversity of the people in it (given its admitted gender bias). Why wasn't the panel at least equally diverse? Where were the younger women? Where were the people of color? Where was the token man, for Pete's sake? This must have been planned, but why?Eileen Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142274562155993622noreply@blogger.com