Hogwarts After Dark: Consent, Kink, and Queerness in Harry Potter Fanfictio

We don’t know when you started reading fanfiction, but when we were young, they NEVER mentioned consent, the graphic parts were unrealistic, and queerness was for the heterosexual gaze. Basically, it was pornhub.

As consent culture has improved, so has the quality of fanfiction. Join us (Sex Educator Rae and Data Scientist Makenzie) as we fangirl hard in an academic way about the virtues of modern dirty fanfiction as an educational media. Themes explored will include consent, kink, and queerness. Side quests will include a crash course in current consent language and data science. All participants must be of legal wizarding age to attend.

This is a virtual presentation of our talk from Leaky Con 2024.

Send Rae a message, and she'll find a way to help you attend.

Rae Szereszewski is a certified sex educator and Options for Sexual Health SHEC graduate, and has a Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Apparel Design from Ryerson University. She wants to help people struggle less when it comes to navigating their sexual health, interpersonal relationships, and physical bodies. Her goal is to help you make empowered, authentic, and informed choices.

In addition to her experience as a latex designer, she spent 8 years creating sex positive events at Oasis Aqualounge, a lifestyle club, and has worked in a variety of roles in event planning, community building, mentorship, and project coordination.

Learn more about Rae at www.ShareWithRae.com

Makenzie Forster is here, she's queer, and she reads a ton of fanfiction! She also holds Masters' Degrees in both International Peace Studies and Applied Social Data Science. She knows, as a queer person, that reading fanfiction helps us imagine a more accepting world for ourselves.

Host or Publisher Rae Szereszewski