http://www.metafilter.com/tags/conpanels Posts tagged with 'conpanels' at MetaFilter. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:11:36 -0800 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:11:36 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/112972/The%2DCornell%2DRatio <a href="http://www.paulcornell.com/">Paul Cornell</a>, noted genre author and TV writer, recently announced <a href="http://www.paulcornell.com/2012/02/panel-parity.html"> that he seeks convention panel parity and will take personal action to that end</a>: <blockquote><i>If I'm on, at any convention this year, a panel that doesn't have a 50/50 gender split (I'll settle for two out of five), I'll hop off that panel, and find a woman to take my place. </i></blockquote> This leads to the general question at Tor.com, <a href="http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/02/the-cornell-ratio-should-sff-convention-panels-be-5050-male-and-female">The Cornell Ratio: Should SFF Convention Panels Be 50/50 Male and Female?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.112972 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:11:36 -0800 conpanels convention genderbalance genderequality panel paulcornell sciencefiction ZeusHumms