Many of you may be aware of e-moon60's recent racist, Islamophobic rant in which she indicated the depth of her contempt for Muslims and immigrants, among others, then deleted the over-500 comments taking her to task for her conduct. If not, you may want to avoid reading it while you're eating, to say the least ( Read more... )

I'm pleased to announce that Con or Bust, which helped nine fans of color go to WisCon this year, will continue thanks to the Carl Brandon Society, which has agreed to take over the financial management of the fund, that is, hold the money.

What does this mean for Con or Bust's future? A few things:

• This year's excess money will be rolled over to ( Read more... )

Please be advised that the organizer of foc_u, neo_prodigy, has made posts that include insults based on sex, gender, size, and ability, or applauded people for making such insults, described by Naraht at Dreamwidth and further linked by nihilistic_kid.

As far as I am aware, neo_prodigy has not addressed this behavior publicly recently, though at least one person reports ( Read more... )

neo_prodigy announces a day of protest over at the new foc_u:

On Monday May 18, 2009, we are asking anyone who identifies as a POC/non-white to post this banner [under the cut here], their speculative short stories, artwork, poetry or simply write a post on their favorite fandom on their blogs as an act of protest to show we will not be silent or invisible. The ( Read more... )

• 50books_poc: Recs for Indigenous/Anti-Colonialist AUs, Indigenous History, POC SFF Traditions, and More!
• deadbrowalking: wild unicorn herd check in.: "If you identify as a POC/nonwhite person and you read or watch scifi or fantasy, give yourself a name check in this thread."
• Racialicious: How Do We View Global Hip Hop Culture? [Series Introduction: On Cultural ( Read more... )

Does online derailing make you nuts? Do you seethe with rage when people pull the Same Old Shit in online discussions of racism, privilege and hierarchy?

What about when it happens in real life?

As those who saw my alternate timeline of RF09 may be aware, students at the University of Minnesota's dance program have been, since early February, ( Read more... )