Capricon 35 Panel Schedule
I’ll be attending my very first Capricon in Wheeling, IL, next month, so of course, this means PANELS! Specifically, three panels over the course of the con, which runs February 12-15… Continue Reading →
Uncanny Magazine Issue Two Is Out, and I Have an Essay In It!
It’s fitting that my first post of 2015 should be about Uncanny: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Being the magazine’s managing editor has so quickly become such a big part of my life, and it’s a safe bet that Uncanny Magazine is going to dominate much of the coming year… Continue Reading →
Proof I Got to Talk About Doctor Who at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Yes, I know, I’ve been a complete slacker with keeping up the blog, but in my defense, I haven’t been a slacker in other projects! Aside from diving right into Continue Reading →
Panel Appearances at Wizard World Chicago
It’s that time of year again: Wizard World Chicago is August 21-24 in Rosemont and I will be on two panels this year! Yellow Fever, Yellow Peril, and the Yellow Ranger: Asian Americans in Geek Culture & History Saturday, August 23, 1:30-2:15pm, Room 6 Continue Reading →
Missed Sharknado 2: The Second One? I Live-Tweeted the Whole Thing and It Was Cheeztastic
(Content note: Spoilers and animated gifs) It’s been a rough week. While I’m ecstatic over how well the Kickstarter for Uncanny: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy is going, we had Continue Reading →
Kickstarting Uncanny: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy
If you’re following me on Twitter, you may have seen me tweeting constantly about this Kickstarter for Uncanny: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy. There are several reasons for this: 1) Continue Reading →
Debunking the Fairy Tale of WisCon, Feminism and Safe Spaces
This isn’t the blog entry about WisCon that I wanted to write. WisCon 38 was the first WisCon I’d ever attended. I’d heard about the self-styled “World’s Leading Feminist Science Continue Reading →
More Panel Videos from ChiFi 0 and The University of Chicago
Yes, I know. It’s been nearly a month since a new blog entry. To put it bluntly, May kicked my ass. Between recovering from C2E2 (and yes, there’s still a Continue Reading →
C2E2 Panel Video 2: “Opening the Clubhouse Doors: Creating More Inclusive Geek Communities”
As promised, here is the full video for our C2E2 panel on geek communities, inclusivity, diversity and representation: “Opening the Clubhouse Doors: Creating More Inclusive Geek Communities.”* (UPDATE: The following discussion Continue Reading →
C2E2 2014 Panel Video 1: Glass Ceilings, Missing Stairs & Gatekeepers: Geeks Still Deal With Sexism
Just over a week after C2E2 and here we are – the full video of our “Glass Ceilings, Missing Stairs & Gatekeepers: Geeks Still Deal With Sexism” panel from Saturday, Continue Reading →