some thoughts on why I don't think I'd visit Readercon, now

[hawkwing_lb]

So I was thinking about maybe going to Readercon next year, if it turned out that the incoming funds gave me enough leeway to fly to Boston. People had told me it was awesome.

After this?

Nope. Definitely not conventioneering. My handful of experiences with Organised Fandom En Masse in the past have proved tremendously alienating. I've no intention of coupling that with a convention whose managing board can't even be arsed to explain why it isn't following its own stated policies on harrassment. (Zero-tolerance policies have their own problems, but a two-year ban isn't even a slap on the wrist. And zero-tolerance is the policy they have. Retroactive rewriting is not good.)

Which is sad, because flights to Boston are cheap, relatively speaking, and so many lovely people who I'd like to see live in the Americas and get together for conventions.

Maybe there should be an alternate party. In protest.

Comments

[boxofdelights]

You might like Wiscon.

[anne]

Oh, it's worse than that: here's the official statement. http://readercon.livejournal.com/21805.html

[kore]

Also man, I know rosefox loves Readercon, but I have to say she's doing her whole "If you love #readercon and disagree with the board's decision, pls consider volunteering to join the concom and help fix the con's problems" schtick at THE WORST TIME right now. Volunteers (especially probably female volunteers) shouldn't have to be the ones to fix this.

Gahhh.