Posts tagged ‘cons’

Welcome to a special round of Ask a Geek Feminist! There are a few photographers/recorders or event organisers who want to ask us questions about their policies or practices, and don’t feel their questions fit ...

We’re starting to collect some examples of photography/recording harassment experiences (still open , and some of the kinds of problems people mention there and elsewhere are: photography/recording conducted in a way that is designed to ...

This is an anecdote gathering exercise, hopefully creating an opportunity for discussion around photography at geek events. At present, the confererence anti-harassment policy (which, as a reminder, is designed to be edited to be made ...

Short notice and all, but if you’re in Northampton, Massachusetts and bored this weekend, then ConBust might be worth your while. There’s a whole list of fantastic and broadly varying topics on the schedule page. Some ...

A few Penny Arcade fans with little grasp of basic human decency and even less grasp of basic grammar and spelling have really been making for an unpleasant week. The last linkspam has related links ...

My Fault, I’m Female is collecting short personal stories of experiences of sexism. The Westboro Baptist Church (famously and aggressively homophobic) protested at Comic-Con for “worship of false idols”. Comics Alliance reports on the cosplay ...

Get ready to PITCH: Women 2.0 Startup Competition: it’s open to entrants around the world, and entries close October 1. Lisa Crispin writes What Gender Diversity Means to Me: Jon Bach asked me a good ...