changes in power, another venue
Been reading a lot about con harassment, mostly first person stuff, some harassed/attacked, some allies, some bystanders. I've never been to a con. (go figure). I have a couple of thoughts, and then I'll share some so you can too...
* I'm deeply grateful there is an increasing sense of room and freedom and support to speak. (Aside: how have demographics, especially of age, changed at cons?)
* I am fairly surprised and bewildered by those who thought sexual harassment had stopped. Anywhere. (Seen quite a bit of that in various comments).
* This feels like change a'coming. Slow, awkwardly, painfully, with backlash, because change does that on all scales. But good change.
A few worth reading because they are also recipes for change:
On experiencing:
http://lrcutter.livejournal.com/205164.html
On bystanding:
http://www.jaredaxelrod.com/main/2013/07/02/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-con-harassment/
On being an ally:
http://ursulav.livejournal.com/1544668.html
On reporting:
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/06/28/reporting-harassment-at-a-convention-a-first-person-how-to/
* I'm deeply grateful there is an increasing sense of room and freedom and support to speak. (Aside: how have demographics, especially of age, changed at cons?)
* I am fairly surprised and bewildered by those who thought sexual harassment had stopped. Anywhere. (Seen quite a bit of that in various comments).
* This feels like change a'coming. Slow, awkwardly, painfully, with backlash, because change does that on all scales. But good change.
A few worth reading because they are also recipes for change:
On experiencing:
http://lrcutter.livejournal.com/205164.html
On bystanding:
http://www.jaredaxelrod.com/main/2013/07/02/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-con-harassment/
On being an ally:
http://ursulav.livejournal.com/1544668.html
On reporting:
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/06/28/reporting-harassment-at-a-convention-a-first-person-how-to/