Panel Report: Writing the Other: Shout-Outs

[coraa]

This isn't a panel report in the standard sense. Instead, since the "Writing the Other: Shout-Outs" panel was basically just people taking about things that worked for them and why, it's a rec list.

The list includes POC characters written by white authors, female characters written by men, disabled characters written by able people, GLBT characters written by straight people, and characters with one religion written by members of another religion. There may be more categories; those were the ones I noted.

The panel was great, smart and funny and interesting. It was moderated by Nisi Shawl and included Karnythia (karnythia), K. Tempest Bradford, and Moondancer Drake

As always, the notes were written on the fly. I've double-checked many of the spellings I was unsure of, but any remaining misspellings or misattributions are my own.



Nisi Shawl:

Richard Morgan's Black Man, published in the US as Thirteen (race for one protagonist, gender for another)
Peter Straub, The Hellfire Club (gender, including menopause!)
Gwyneth Jones, Life (race, and dealt with crypto racial identity)
Tananarive Due, The Good House (religion)
Tobias Buckell, "In The Heart of Kalikuata" (gender--included birth control!)

Karnythia:

Tamora Pierce, Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens, Daja and Briar
Alexander McCall Smith, Ladies' #1 Detective Agency (and the TV show)
Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death
"The Pirates of Dark Water" (TV)

K. Tempest Bradford:

"The Closer" (TV)
"Dexter" (TV) (there was some lively discussion on this one)
"Leverage" (TV)
Valente, The Orphan's Tales
"Gargoyles" (TV)

Moondancer Drake:

Adrian Drake, Null Void
Okasha Skat'si and Susanne M. Beck, "The Growing"
Karin Lowachee, "Gaslight Dogs"

Audience:

China Mieville, Un Lun Dun
Robert V. S. Redick, Rats and the Ruling Sea, published in the US as The Ruling Sea
Justina Robson, "Silver Screen"
Jon Muller and Krista Brennan, Virtuoso
Maureen McHugh, China Mountain Zhang
Kathryn Erskine, Mockingbird
Ursula LeGuin, Powers series
Elizabeth Moon, Remnant Population and Speed of Dark
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" (TV) (not, as many people emphatically pointed out, the movie)
"She-Ra" (TV)
"Lincoln Heights" (TV)
Samuel Delany, Babel-17
Mike Shepherd, Kris Longknife
Shannon and Dean Hale, Rapunzel's Revenge

There was also a discussion of comic books that went by faster than I could really follow, but I recall mention of the second Blue Beetle, the third(?) Green Lightning, and... somebody else I've forgotten. If anyone else does remember, please fill me in and I'll add it!



If you have any corrections, note them here and I'll fix. And feel free to share the link, of course!

Comments

[thistleingrey]

Thanks for this!

"Gwynneth Jones" = "Gwyneth," "Tanana Rive Du" = "Tananarive Due," "China Mountain Zang" = "Zhang," and "Samuel Delaney" = "Delany." :)

[coraa]

Thank you! Fixed. :)

[daedala]

My list is here!

[coraa]

w00t! Thank you.

[phi]

One of the comics recommended was Captain Britain and the MI-13, for Faiza Hussain/Excalibur. Also Jaime Reyes was the third Blue Beetle :)

[anthimeria]

For comics, it was the second Green Arrow (Connor Hawke), Rene Montoya (of Gotham Central), and Jaime Reyes, the third Blue Beetle. All the comics are mainstream DC.

Great list! I scribbled down a lot too, but you looked up spellings, so I'll double-check my list with yours.

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'd like, if I may, to link to this entry from an entry I did a while back about how to write about other cultures without cultural appropriation-- is that okay?

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Fine by me! The more people this is useful to, the better. :) (In fact, I'll make a note to that effect in the post.)

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

What was the discussion about Dexter? I'm just curious, it's one of my favorite TV shows. But I can see where some people would think the characterization good, others think it not so good. And probably about the same character and/or interactions. ;>

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for doing this! My only two corrections: spelling of the author of The Good House: Tananarive Due; Nnedi Okorafor book's actual title was Who Fears Death.

The Writing-the-Otherness I was praising in my list:
Thirteen = race for one protagonist, gender for the other
The Hellfire Club = gender--included menopause!
LifeLife = race, and dealt with crypto racial identity
The Good House = religion
"In the Heart of Kalikuata" = gender--included birth control!

[nisi-la.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that previous post with the corrections was mine--didn't mean for it to be anonymous.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've made the corrections and added the notes. :)

It was a great panel, and I wound up adding a lot to my reading list, so I'm really appreciative that you ran it. And I'm hoping there will be another such panel or something like it next year.

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