And this is an excellent fannish lifestyles panel to keep.
Mostly I'm referring to the panels on poly relations and kink. I am not saying there is no place for them, there is certainly interest in them, but I can't see having them at the expense of other panels that are more specific to the sf/f genre. Arisia only has so many hours and so much space, that space should be more evenly divided amongst the other aspects of sf/f, filk, gaming, costuming, art, literature etc. (yes, there were plenty of literature panels, but you understand where I'm coming from.)
Re: "Fannish lifestyle" is definitely more than polyamory and BDSM!
Mostly I'm referring to the panels on poly relations and kink. I am not saying there is no place for them, there is certainly interest in them, but I can't see having them at the expense of other panels that are more specific to the sf/f genre. Arisia only has so many hours and so much space, that space should be more evenly divided amongst the other aspects of sf/f, filk, gaming, costuming, art, literature etc. (yes, there were plenty of literature panels, but you understand where I'm coming from.)