I don't have any particular affinity for Harry Potter books films, (how do you say...) "the fandom," or anything else connected to these works, and it didn't read condescending to me. What made you feel put down in that article? It can't have been where the author called herself "hopelessly naive" nor her conclusion, where she says, "It's all amazing. And seeing anybody, let alone 1,200 people enthused with joy about anything is really quite uplifting. And not just anything. Books! It makes my girlish, swotty heart swell with pride."
Maybe it was her calling some of the panels "rubbish" but I've been to cons and I'd bet my left arm that some of them *were*.
K. [the word "freaky" is a quote from some of the conference attendees, not from the article's author, and I didn't see the part where she said or implies that she was squicked]
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Date: 2006-08-07 01:15 pm (UTC)Maybe it was her calling some of the panels "rubbish" but I've been to cons and I'd bet my left arm that some of them *were*.
K. [the word "freaky" is a quote from some of the conference attendees, not from the article's author, and I didn't see the part where she said or implies that she was squicked]