Remember that little letter-writing campaign I proposed a few days back? It’s grown. I’m proud to announce a new, ongoing part of Girl-Wonder’s work: CAHP, the Con Anti-Harassment Project. The CAHP’s goal is to help make conventions safer, more fun, and more accessible by encouraging organizers to establish, articulate, and act upon clear anti-harassment policies. [...]
August 21st, 2008
Categories: activism, conventions, fandom, feminist stuff, Girl-Wonder . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 1 Comment
In the last week, a plethora of bloggers have linked to and/or mirrored this post, which discusses the issue of harassment at ComiCon International. Many have shared personal stories; others have expressed their general problems with the general indifference they’ve seen toward harassment and assault at conventions. Let me make one thing abundantly clear: by [...]
August 18th, 2008
Categories: activism, conventions, feminist stuff, invisible women . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 3 Comments
Jon of Comics Ought to Be Fun posts about harassment at cons: Hello, everyone. John here. I “help” Bully out with his blog, but there’s some things can’t be said in the voice of a little stuffed bull. A couple weeks ago at San Diego Comic-Con incidents of sexual harassment were confided to me and [...]
August 16th, 2008
Categories: activism, conventions, links, Personal . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 1 Comment