Escapade/Escapade 1993

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==Escapade 1993==
Escapade 3 was held on February 5-7, 1993.
==Some 2010 Recollections: "Escapade 1993: A Blast From the Past"==
In 2010, Henry Jenkins posted a transcripts from this con. 
See the transcript of a panel discussion between Henry Jenkins, Constance Penley, Meg G, Shoshanna, and others": 
* Escapade 1993: A Blast From the Past (part one)
* Escapade 1993: A Blast From the Past (part two)
==Programming==
 
Friday:
12:00 -- Opening Luncheon, "Come along, help us plan the party, hang out with the cool crowd"
1:00 -- "Hysterical Historicals," led by Pamela and Barbara, "So we're romantics... so we bitch an complain about 'only the names remain the same' -- so why do we love them?!"
2:00 -- "Prejudice in Fandom," led by Pat and Barbara, "This topic covers both the sense of prejudice from with and without our social group, and the issues of prejudice that may arise in fanfic and the characters we love."
3:00 -- "Anti-Feminism in Slash Fandom," led by (Charlotte Hill) and Pamela, "Or, how 'it was never this good with a woman' syndrome... where are the women, and why do we care?"
4:00 -- "Mary Sue and Why We Love to Hate Her!," led by Marion and Marian
5:00 -- "Dark Starsky & Hutch," led by Shoshanna and Kathy, "Where is it? Why isn't it? Isn't it about time?"
5:00 -- gather at Ming Wathne's house (1.5 miles away) for an introduction to the Fanzine Library, "This continuation of the Zine Library started in 1977, has been reopened in Santa Barbara... Orig SW, it has been expanded to include all fandoms. Ming Wathne, the librarian, will have refreshments and share with you what the library is, how it works, how editors can submit their out-of-print zines and how you can borrow them!"
7:00 -- Con Suite, M. Fae Glasgow reading, led by Nancy. "Reading of a work in progress by the shy and retiring Glaswegian's editor."
8:00 -- Professionals, led by Sammie and Kathy, "So, who are these guys anyway? (Please write and bring a list -- 5 most definate physical attributes of Bodie & Doyle & 5 personality traits, in order of importance.)"
midnight: bowling, "All our heroes do it! Let's make fools of ourselves at the local alley. Meet in the Con Suite to car pool. Be there or be square!" 
Saturday:
10:00 -- Mini Panels: Patalliro, Tris/Alex, Forever Knight, led by B., P., S. "Intro to some very cool fringe fandoms! Check the schedule for video connections."
11:00 -- Minipanels, led by Nola, Jane, and (Megan Kent): Miami Vice, Northern Exposure, and Insiders and Quantum Leap, led by Meg and Shoshanna
12:00 -- "Plagiarism," led by Leslie and Barbara, "Don't Touch My Universe!" Given that this entire genre is generated from copyrighted materials, do we have grounds to be protective of our writing? If so, what are they?"
1:00 -- "Wiseguy: Variety is the Spice..." led by Melody, Darlene, and Pamela. "There are so many possible pairings, who merits the most attention and why?"
2:00 -- "Academia and Our Culture (see transcript)," panel discussion with Meg R, Henry Jenkins, Constance Penley and Shoshanna, "Academia discusses us, and we discuss our response to being discussed." (There was a follow-up panel the next year by Penley and Jenkins called "Academia: What are they saying? What do we want them to say?" -- "Fandom has definitely been outed, at least in academic circles. What can we do about it?")
3:30 -- Deep Space 9: Q & A, led by Henry Jenkins, short discussion of the new show and what we think about it
4:00 -- "Writing Sex Scenes," led by Marion and (Charlotte Hill), "An interactive panel where we'll pick apart the elements of writing a sex scene and practice rewriting the same scene, emphasizing different elements and different points of view."
4:00 -- "Reality Slash," led by Meg and Shosahanna, "Why is it okay (or not) to fantasize about real people (actors, musicians, athletes) and write about them the way we do about fictional characters? Who says?"
5:00 -- "Intro to S&M," led by Colleen, "Everything you wanted to know and didn't know who -- or how -- to ask."
7:30 -- "Best of Comedy/New Songtapes"
10:00 -- "Sexy Boys on Parade" (vids?), "Before the Boys, Bawdy Filks by Leslie Fish"
12:00, midnight, "Vampire Erotica," led by Henry Jenkins, "It's hot. It's powerful. It's dark. There's blood...", "After the Boys, FILKING with Leslie Fish and Jane Mailander"
Sunday:
9:30 -- free breakfast!
11:00 -- art auction, presided by Marion and Shoshanna
11:00 -- "Blake's 7: Whip Me, Beat Me, Make me even more depressed...," led by Sandy and Jane, "So why do we punish ourselves with a fandom this dark, anyway?"
12:00 -- "Wiseguy: It was Meant to Be...," led by (Charlotte Hill) and Ann, "So everybody else in this series was just to prepare Frank and Vinnie for their own private "happily ever after", right?!
12:00 -- "Going Pro," led by Jane and Leslie, "Both are fan authors who have made the transition to professionally selling their work. Come learn what it takes to make it in the for-profit world."
1:00 -- "Supply and Demand in Fandom," led by (Megan Kent) and Ann, "Can we have too much of a good thing? How many cons or zine is too many? Are we glutting the market?"
2:00 -- "The Appeal of Hurt/Comfort," led by (Megan Kent), "How sick is it to get off on hurting your heroes? Why is it such a turn on?"
4:00 -- Dead Dog Party, "C'mon up to the Con Suite and continue the fun. Bring along any leftovers from the weekend to share. Party on, dudes!"
==Notable Events==
This Escapade was notable for, among other things, a panel discussion among Henry Jenkins, Constance Penley, Meg G, Shoshanna, and others entitled "Academia and our Culture," subtitled: "Academia discusses us, and we discuss our response to being discussed."
, 6 February 1993.
==Convention Reports==
===Focusing on the Growth of Slash===
Below is an exchange illustrates that the growth of slash fandom beyond Star Trek, which had begun in the mid-1980s, was still a sore point for many K/S fans. And that these complaints did not even reach the radar of other fans, like Sandy, who herself started off as a K/S fan. In the years that followed, more mono-K/S fans would choose to gather at Sharecon in spite of its uneasy tolerance of slash fandom.
Report by Sandy Herrold:
In contrast, here is the convention report that was printed in The LOC Connection. This fan is a K/S fan who was attending her first slash convention and struggled with its multi-fandom focus:
In a later issue of The LOC Connection, another mono-fan echoed their discomfort at attending a multi-fandom convention:
===General===
==Vid Show==
Sandy Hereld wrote a separate review for the vidding newsletter Rainbow Noise. It is reposted here in its entirety with permission:
The vidshow lasted one hour and five minutes and the playlist was:
* Quantum Leap - S/A, Little Red Riding Hood, Kandy Fong
* Starsky & Hutch, Secret, Cybel Harper
* The Professionals, Come to Me, Cybel Harper
* Miami Vice - Crockett/Castillo, Cuts Both Ways, Cybel Harper
* Blake's 7, Bad Company, Cybel Harper
* RS, When the Tough Get Going, Stacy Doyle
* K/S, Against All Odds, Stacy
* S/H, Don't Give Up on Us Baby, Liz K
* QL, Sharp Dressed Man, Stacy & Joyce H
* Muncle, Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me, Pam Rose
* B7, Precious Pain, Gayle
* B7, Regret, Gayle
* Sherlock Holmes, One Man Magical Show, Gayle
* B7, Lay My Love, Tashery Shannon
* B7, Don't You Need, Tashery Shannon
* B7, This is Not Love, Tashery Shannon
==Gallery==
File:Escapde3flyer.jpg|flyer printed in What If...
Image:escap3-1.jpg|from the program book
Image:escap3-2.jpg|from the program book
 
Image:escap3-4.jpg|from the program book
Image:escap3-5.jpg|from the program book
Image:escap3-6.jpg|from the program book
Image:escap3-7.jpg|from the program book 
== References ==
Category:1993 Conventions