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[schmevil]

Catching up on email and comment notifications. Some of you can expect to be spammed.

Reading some things:

brihana25 writes about sexual misconduct at cons (the still ongoing imbroglio is in Supernatural, but the post is worth reading for everyone in fandom - context), and reminds us that victim-blaming is never acceptable.

Fandom, and the internet in

Comments

[bobthetrout]

The convention thing is really problematic and has been for years. I think maybe it's just starting to hit the media fen and they don't have any methods in place for dealing with it. Most anime conventions have pretty strict no touching rules in the con guidelines after the glomping crap got out of control. I know the more adult cons (like yaoi con) still sometimes feel like you're walking into a clothed orgy of fangirls though.

[schmevil]

I'm not much of a congoer myself, but the comicons I've been to have been pretty good. There have been some heartening efforts to curtail this kind of bullshit in recent years. It's crazy that just saying there's a problem is too much for some people.

[bobthetrout]

Usually the ones that don't want to hear there is a problem are the ones I LEAST want trying to hug me too.

[brihana25]

I'm here to tell you how much you rock for walking into the lion's mouth. And how much I love you for doing it. And tell you, like I told Tuesday, that I wish I had half the courage you two have.

:)

[schmevil]

Gosh, thank you. You're pretty courageous yourself. *hugs*