This month I’ll be attending Worldcon in Dublin in case anyone would like to meet, talk about writing, publishing, etc… My schedule is posted below.
Kaffeeklatsch: Sienna Saint-Cyr
Format: Kaffeeklatsch
15 Aug 2019, Thursday 13:00 – 13:50, Level 3 Foyer (KK/LB) (CCD)
Sienna Saint-Cyr (SinCyr Publishing L.L.C.)
Fandom and the LGBTQI+ community
Format: Panel
15 Aug 2019, Thursday 17:00 – 17:50, Wicklow Hall-1 (CCD)
There’s overlap between the LGBTQI+ community and fandom, and fandom spaces have been touted as a place for those who felt rejected from ‘normal’ society to come and get their weird on. But is that always the case? Our panel of queer fans will discuss their relationship to fandom, how it’s sometimes let them be more themselves than they can in other places… and sometimes not.
Sienna Saint-Cyr (M), Todd Allis, Janet O’Sullivan, Philippa Ryder
Censorship in SFF and Comics
Format: Panel
16 Aug 2019, Friday 17:00 – 17:50, Liffey Room-2 (CCD)
Our genre has long been subject to censorship and control (D&D, monster movies). This has led to suppression or trends towards “vanilla” (safe) content. How do we protect creative expression? How much should we hold to account companies that profit from characters dedicated to justice, inclusion, and diversity while pandering to consumers who are against all of that?
Roz Kaveney, Prof Dave Lewis (M), Sienna Saint-Cyr, Mikko Rauhala
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