At the 11th hour, despite a long evening of roller derby NSOing already planned, I decided to attend what I could of the first annual Pippi to Ripley: Heroines of Fantasy and Science Fiction conference. I'd seen the flyer at my local comic book shop and was intrigued. I figure I've read enough blogs from my favorite SF&F writers on these issues that it was long past time I educated myself at a deeper level than "GenderFail is bad."I was only there for half of it, but I think what I saw merits at least the sort of write-up I do for conventions.