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| With Kristina Lloyd |
To show those Steampunk ladies how a thoroughly MODERN young woman dresses...
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| With Miss Emily Ladybird |
and to feel superior to the rest of the human race ...
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| The view from the breakfast room window: plane-spotters gathering to watch the morning flights from Heathrow. Ironically, hundreds of LARPers, cosplayers, gamers, fanfic writers, bronies and comicbook fans must have looked out at them and thought, "What a bunch of nerds." |
Hand on heart, I thought Nine Worlds was a whole heap of fun. Even though this was its very first year it was REALLY well organised (half-hour breaks between sessions! YES!!), and they had pulled out the stops to make it feel inclusive and safe. The female attendance must have been up around the 50% mark, there were dedicated feminism and LGBT streams, and plenty of cross-dressing cosplayers enjoying themselves. And unlike Eastercon, I went as a punter and steered clear of doing readings or appearing on panels, so it was much more relaxed experience for me!
Especially, it must be said, after this gentleman's workshop:
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| Mr Kit Cox: gourmet gin-tasting |
Other educational highlights - the mathematical secrets of The Simpsons:
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| Simon Singh, mathematician |
- And how to kill someone with a wooden sword:
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| SQWEEEEE!! Game of Thrones fan moment! It's Syrio! (Miltos Yerolemou) |
Life-lessons we could all benefit from, I feel...
I'm definitely hoping to go back next year. I still didn't get round to the Brony Q&A :-)
2 comments:
Very cool! I LOVE your outfit.
Thanks Jo. I almost managed to leave it in the hotel cupboard when we left ... but the cleaner saved me!
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