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Michael Merschel: Michael Merschel is The Dallas Morning News books editor. May 2009
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July 13, 2008
Yeah, it's sexist. But I had several of the women at Portus tell me the same thing. Here's the setup: A single fellow could do far worse than connect with Harry Potter fandom as a way to meet women. Of the 700 or so attendees at the Portus conference this weekend in Dallas, maybe 5% were guys if you remove the male presenters and wizardrock musicians. Longtime Potterheads told me that this was actually a heftier representation of XY chromosomes than some previous conferences. Not all the women were available, to be sure. But there must be some singles interested in meeting guys. My impression of the group: A bunch of smart, flamboyant, assertive, creative women, some of whom live a long way from the center of the bell curve. But that's not boring. Guys, if you've read the Potter books and at least like 'em, you don't need to be a total Potterhead to be able to approach this group. (And no, as an ol' married man, I did not test my theory this weekend...)  Comments (0) Leave comment
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