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Old 07-02-2008, 04:54 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Lol, sorry but I still don't understand what reason a scifi/fantasy convention has to ask a bellydancer to give a lecture?
Did they ask you what they could expect or anything?

The last thing I would expect at such a convention is a serious informative lecture about the history of bellydance.
Not saying non of the visitors would find it interesting, but I don't understand why they asked you and what bellydance has to with scifi/fantasy.
I think "orientalist harem girls" are definitely a fantasy; and for some even a fetish! Maybe it's an American pop culture thing, but a lot of BD myths get perpetuated in the Fantasy Fandom circles. It's a good place to lecture and stop a few.
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