we're all stories in the end

Short version: I hung out with a lot of great people, saw some wonderful vids and enjoyed myself very much.

Long version!

( Thursday )

( Friday )

( Saturday )

( Sunday )

( Accessibility )

And that was my con! I hope I get to go again sometime. Recs to come at the weekend, probably. Off to go explore Chicago some more now, having had an excellent time at the Field Museum yesterday with bop_radar and talitha78/

I return from an excellent weekend in San Francisco, in which avendya and I dorked around with noldo a lot and also met laurashapiro for some pre-VVC flail and also delicious noms. And suddenly, it is only a few days until Vividcon!

While I am faffing around with exporting my vid ready for post-premiering uploading, here's what I think my schedule will look like:

( so many vids! )

Info for people attending so you can find/avoid me - I'm a 21 year old white woman with shoulder length dyed red hair, a British accent, and no doubt a permanent aura of newbieness and confusion. I am a fan of hugs, glitter and squee, so please feel free to share any of those things with me! If I can get technology to cooperate I will probably be tweeting as I go @such_heights. I will also be in Chicago for the rest of the week and up for some post-con flail and coffee and such.

Below the cut is some information about the content of the vids I've selected for the We're Here, We're Queer vidshow at Vividcon on Saturday afternoon.

Please note: this is not a space to debate warnings on vids, or whether VVC should have mandatory warnings, or other related topics. This is a safe space for those of us who use warnings to navigate our fannish experiences more safely. I am choosing to make this information available for my own vidshow, and I'd be glad to see others do the same as it would make the con more accessible for myself and others. However, I will not be hosting that conversation in this post.

( information about potentially triggering content in this vidshow )

I'll be glad to provide whatever information I can to help you make an informed decision about whether the vidshow is suitable for you, or which vids you may wish to close your eyes through. You can contact me with any questions - in particular if you require more detail about the content I've outlined above or if you have triggers that I haven't mentioned. You can comment below, logged in or anonymously, or email me at such.heights at gmail dot com (via an anonymous email address if you'd prefer). I'll also be available to speak to at any time during Vividcon itself - the newbies party on Thursday evening, for example. I promise to treat all concerns seriously, respectfully and honestly.

I'll be posting this to the VVC LJ comm later on, and if anyone has any suggestions for ways to improve this post before I do that, I'll be glad to hear them.

My Club Vivid vid is uploading right now, argh, flail, etc. I am cautiously excited about it, though!

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