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rmSaturday 1pm, Scottsdale Room
It's The End, But the Moment Has Been Prepared For: Fan Reactions to Character Deaths
Tina Beychok, Paul Cornell, Kate Orman, Racheline Maltese, David Wise, Tammy Garrison
(It's just not Gallifrey if Paul and I aren't on a panel likely to bring the plutonium together.)
Saturday 2pm, Houston Room
The Crossplay Equation
Sarah Underwood, Jessica Montague, Salina Conlan, Racheline Maltese
Saturday 11:30 pm, Houston Room
It's Not Porn, It's Research!
Adult Panel, 18+ Only
Tara O'Shea, Racheline Maltese, Tammy Garrison, Jan Fennick
As to what I'll be going to as an audience member, no idea. I have some strong feelings about stuff I want to see right now, but I know I tend to get distracted by Lobby/BarCon
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Date: 2010-01-22 04:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 04:46 pm (UTC)Due to the odd way my eyes pan-and-scanned this sentence, I now want to co-opt the phrase "determined date night" for me and my partner, as in, "We're having a date night, dammit!" said in a distinctly determined tone of voice and while wearing a determined look.
Congratulations again on the play.
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Date: 2010-01-22 04:51 pm (UTC)“The three-part research project will canvas the gay, lesbian and bisexual communities but also those from religious and ethnic minorities who are anti-homosexual
So, no interest in the many white members of the 'majority' who are not exactly thrilled with the LGBT community, or 'minorities' who are perfectly fine with LGBT people? It might just be clumsy wording, but I'm not sure I like some of the assumption here. Especially since I remember exactly which MPs and Bishops were opposing the SOR laws.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_Act_%28Sexual_Orientation%29_Regulations
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Date: 2010-01-22 05:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 05:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 04:55 pm (UTC)Buffy got me through one of the roughest periods of my life.
N.
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Date: 2010-01-22 05:00 pm (UTC)Ditto.
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Date: 2010-01-23 02:03 am (UTC)Me too! I'm glad it's not just me.
BBC poll
Date: 2010-01-22 05:20 pm (UTC)The BBC's own post (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/2010/01/portraying-the-lgb-community-o.shtml) about the survey says nothing about deliberately seeking out anti-gay respondents. What it says is "We are aware that people may have strong views, both positively and negatively, about how the BBC is portraying the LGB community across our services and that's why it's so important to hear what you're thinking." That's not even about people's positive or negative opinions towards LGB people--just towards the BBC's coverage.
But somehow in The Guardian's article about the poll (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/22/bbc-homophobes-coverage-gay-people), there's the unattributed claim that "The qualitative study will cover 28 different audience sectors, including gay, lesbian and bisexual people, but also ethnic and religious groups, with some respondents expected to express homophobic views." Now, saying about any survey related to LGB issues that "some respondents [are] expected to express homophobic views" is only common sense. But the Guardian's headline, "BBC to ask homophobes what they think of its coverage of gay people" makes it sound as though the BBC is specifically seeking out the opinions of homophobes, although there's no evidence in the article that this is the case. (Also, WTF Guardian? The assumption that "ethnic" groups are more likely to be homophobic than white people is, shall we say, problematic.)
The article that you cite and link to (http://advocate.com//News/Daily_News/2010/01/22/BBC_to_Poll_Antigay_Audiences_on_Coverage/) comes from the Advocate, which is reporting on the Guardian's coverage. The story gets further distorted by compression and loss of detail, and at that point it really does sound like the BBC is going around picking the worst homophobes it can find and asking them to steer the direction of its LGB coverage.
It looks to me like a reasonable study about LGB representation, one that will include LGB voices but, inevitably and unfortunately, homophobic ones as well, got spun by the Guardian for reasons of its own into "more BBC homophobia." I'm absolutely not saying there's no homophobia at the BBC, but the Guardian and then the Advocate make it sound egregious and deliberate, which I don't think is the case.
Re: BBC poll
Date: 2010-01-22 05:25 pm (UTC)Re: BBC poll
Date: 2010-01-22 05:53 pm (UTC)Without further information, or knowing the quality of the Guardian's source, it's hard to say whether it's something to be concerned about or not, but I think it certainly bears watching.
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Date: 2010-01-22 07:02 pm (UTC)Yes, I agree. But the headline still seems vastly inflammatory compared to what's actually said in the article, and even within the article, there's no indication that the Guardian has a source for what it's implying. If they're referring to some other BBC document, they should say so, and if they have an insider source they can't name, they should say that also. Because right now it looks like the Guardian is exaggerating or making stuff up. I want to flag the whole article with [citation needed], Wikipedia-style.
Buffy
Date: 2010-01-22 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 05:49 pm (UTC)Anyway, while Caprica definitely exists as a prequel to BSG, I can't think of anything in the pilot which references, let alone spoils, anything in BSG beyond the mini-series. I'm not sure where the series is headed; it could end up getting spoily down the road.
I think your description of the premise is spot-on.
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Date: 2010-01-22 06:05 pm (UTC)YES, I saw those around Christmas time in my little Safeway while innocently buying chicken and oranges. I was...sad.
I've never watched Buffy, but I am sure it is far more intelligent than Merlin. I adore Merlin, but not for it's brains, alas.
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Date: 2010-01-22 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 06:11 pm (UTC)Hence the Cylons' (fiercely debated) decision that they had to evolve from the hivemind and resurrection to the more "human" model of individuality, two-parent reproduction, and mortality.
Have any SF writers aside from Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson made the “immortality YAY" argument?
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Date: 2010-01-22 06:13 pm (UTC)I mean a lot of vampire narratives claim they're anti-immortality, but I don't think they ultimately are.
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Date: 2010-01-22 06:25 pm (UTC)'scool -- I look forward to doing the one panel with you!
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Date: 2010-01-22 06:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 06:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 06:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 06:43 pm (UTC)This reminds me of a small bit in the graphic novel Transmetropolitian , whereby people could pop a pill , alter their DNA and become either gender - or more within a few minutes. There was one example where a person grew an iguana tail for a party. Perhaps some day it will be easy.
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Date: 2010-01-22 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 06:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-22 07:03 pm (UTC)Holy crap - I just went and watched the extended pilot on...oh, I can't even type it with a straight face...on SyFy and wow. It's like watching a trainwreck in slow motion. If you haven't watched it (I'm sure you have), I would highly recommend it. Also, it said on the site that it was starting tonight?!? I need to go and set my DVR.
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Date: 2010-01-22 07:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-23 05:57 am (UTC)