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Surprisingly little to report on Malice. The panels are good - every session, it's a hard choice between them - and the giveaways are good, but otherwise, things are much subdued. Jeanette (y'all know Jeanette: African Tudor. That Jeanette) thinks it's the greying of mystery fandom, but I think it's the economy. More of the raffle baskets are no frills; there are virtually no fancy book teasers, just bookmarks and postcards; several regular dealers are missing. Oddly, of the ones who remain, they're all focusing on high-end stuff: collectible used books and jewelry. Only two US bookstores are represented, and the UK one, who is suddenly offering a lot of used books.

tchwrtr, I've got a Sefton knitting mystery for you.

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fyrdrakken someone who sums up the Open Source Grope Project vs. Rennfaire Community far better than I did. With a bonus pertinent side comment about the kink community.

I was surrounded by people who were touch-positive, by people who didn't feel it was weird or unacceptable for me to want to display my body, by people who understood and accepted that it was my right to set my own boundaries about what I wanted to show and what I wanted to do. It was the first time I ever experienced an environment where the concept of "showing my body does not give you an implied license to touch my body" lived hand-in-hand with "explicitly permitting you to touch my body does not give implied license to perform sexual acts with me"....

No comments on tonight's Who because I don't like commenting halfway through a story unless I'm beta-ing it. Otherwise, there are too many unknown factors. However, I can say without spoilers that a couple of people who made a prediction based on a leaked photo are congratulating themselves tonight.

Although, I have to say one comment: Who on Earth in the English-speaking world doesn't know the line "In case of trouble, break glass"? I'm just sayin'.