WorldCon: Traditional Women's Crafts and Fantasy

Traditional Women's Crafts and Fantasy
Cynthia Gonsalves, Emily Wagner, Catherynne Valente
There's always a woman who weaves beautifully, a goodwife who can dye like a dream, and maybe even a spinning wheel. But what are these crafts really like? What goes into them? How do you write them plausibly? How do you create the kind of society that supports these activities. And how does gender fit into all of this?

These are notes for about 60 of the 90 minutes.

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Worldcon: Postcolonial SF

Last panel report, unless I manage to dredge up some memories of the Fans Aren't Slans panel (unlikely at this point).

Postcolonial SF
Kat Feete, S.M. Stirling
Much of the verve of early SF came from its transposition in space of the colonial epic, and its echoes still shape modern SF. Has there ever been a postcolonial movement, or at least an undercurrent, in SF?

(Steve Laflamme, listed on the program, did not show.)

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