Tag Archive: Readercon

Aug 07

Readercon does good

Yes, you’ve probably already read this on the interwebs and so don’t need me to link to the statement made by Readercon about the recent kerfuffle. But I’ve linked to it anyway.  Partly because I’m satisfied to see that the Board of Directors who made the initial “against-policy” decision have been made accountable and have …

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Jul 31

Readercon Delay – Rose Fox Clears Up My Confusion

Yes, this is another post about the current Readercon controversy / gate / fail however you want to describe it.  But it’s not a rant.  I did that already yesterday. In that post I slammed the Board of Directors for letting this issue “fester” for three days (now four).  What I’d missed was this tweet …

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Jul 30

The Readercon debacle

It’s been four days since Genevieve Valentine posted that Rene Walling, who harassed her at Readercon, was banned for two years from attending the convention.  This in spite of Readercon having a zero tolerance policy when it comes to harassment of any sort. Approximately 6 or so hours later, Readercon’s Board of Directors posted to …

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