Just a note that G and I are attending this year.

A while ago I posted this and then I paused for feedback and to let things stew for a while... so long, in fact that I figured that the topic might seem less relevant by the time I got around to posting about it again, but (not-so-sadly*) that doesn't seem to be the case.

So here's my N cents on the subject, from a specific-to-me point of view.** ( Peek behind the curtain here. )

Within a couple of days I saw this post and a couple of links on FB to women's first person accounts of being harassed at cons apparently just for being female and physically there, and I started thinking about all the time I've spent in fandom, whether at cons or other gatherings, and how I don't recall ever being treated as "less than" or as an ( Read more... )