Wiscon Panel Generation: Weigh in, please!

[laceblade]

I wish I could write panel descriptions like heyiya can!

Anyway, here are mine; please help if there are other thoughts you have!

Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse
Dollhouse has finished its first season. The premise of the show involves a group of people “who can be imprinted with personality packages for different assignments.” This set-up could easily end up being highly problematic. How well did the show do in its representations of power in terms of gender and race?

Female Power in Shonen Manga
Japanese manga targeted toward boys is called “shonen manga.” How is female power shown in shonen manga? Who has power, and who is powerless? How are women’s bodies represented? Do readers get to watch women be powerful, or is their action shunted off-screen in favor of boys' action scenes? Which shonen manga series get it right?


[I think oyceter was going to submit some manga panel ideas, but I'm not sure if she's doing shonen manga or monstrous bodies in manga. Anyway, we need more manga! Also, hopefully someone will submit a better-worded Dollhouse panel than me, bwahahaha.]

Comments

[heyiya.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you for the compliment on my panel descriptions. They're easier to write than conference abstracts / my dissertation prospectus!

The Dollhouse panel will be interesting... I am intrigued and apprehensive to see how that show will turn out.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome!

I am also nervous about Dollhouse. It seems like everyone is, though, so if it's Full of Fail, at least we can all be disillusioned together.

[were-duck.livejournal.com]

I love this time of year! I'm all excited for WisCon, now. And I would go to your Dollhouse panel!!

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Yay!