burning at the centre of time

A brief note first: in light of what shit just went down as regards the topic of unsafe, I'm...just gonna pass on making a whole other post. Should you want to know what I would have said, antarcticlust sums it up well in her first two paragraphs here. Namely, being uncomfortable is important, because it means for once we (we = me + other white people) aren't just coasting on by, letting privilege protect us.

I probably would have been a bit less kind, though. I'm an angry person.

Now, to the rest of the post...a few notes from the Mad Seers, Holy Fools, and God–Touched panel at WisCon 34.

Let me say first that this panel seriously touched me and made me think, probably so much so that I bloody neglected to take down who necessarily said what or may have gotten that wrong in my frantic writing. I apologise to onceupon, revena, upstart_crow, and suzych for that. If anyone could provide further info or better notes, I'd be much obliged. My unspoken notes are in italics.

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All I can really say is my people. Seriously, the sense this whole damn thing made to this person with OCD...I just don't even. I have more to say about what I got out of this, but that may have to wait until tomorrow, as I am beat...yay for medication fatigue.

There may be a rant about how OCD isn't taken seriously. Stay tuned.

ETA: If you want to fill in the blanks and expand upon things that I didn't, check out sophy's panel report.

In sitting down to explain the Overambitious Dissertation, I ended up turning said explanation into a FAQ-style list, as I think breaking things down into points just makes it easier to read. Or easier for me to conceptualise. Or something to that nature.

To sum up: This post is kind of a big deal, so if you're interested, please read it.

( This got rather long, so it's cut. )