SXSW Screws Up Harassment Summit Announcement, Does Everything Wrong
SXSW has pretty much been determined to do whatever they can to make a bad situation worse these days. Earlier
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Convention News
In depth reporting on issues and news within the Midwestern, North American, and (occasionally) World Convention Scene.
IfCon Victoria Cancelled After Organizer Reportedly Collapses
IfCon Victoria was originally scheduled to run this weekend at the Pearkes Recreation Centre in Victoria, BC. Sadly, this is
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SXSW Reinstates “Level Up” Panel, Considering All Day Forum on Harassment
Earlier this week we reported on SXSW canceling both an anti-Harassment panel called “Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games” and
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World Fantasy Convention Corrects Course, Adopts ACTUAL Harassment Policy
Yesterday we reported on the controversy surrounding the 2015 World Fantasy Convention‘s highly flawed (read: awful) harassment policy. The policy
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SXSW Cancels Anti-Harassment Panel Over Threats
SXSW announced yesterday that they were cancelling the anti-Harassment panel “Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games.” Level Up would have
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World Fantasy Convention Writes the Worst Harassment Policy EVER
Update: Amazingly, the World Fantasy Convention 2015 committee is fixing this and adopting a better policy. The original story appears
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Shooting at ZombiCon Leaves 1 Dead, 5 Injured
Gunfire broke out at ZombiCon in Fort Myers, FL last night, leaving one person dead and another five injured. Very
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Guy Plans Pokemon Party, Gets Fined $4000
Ramar Larkin Jones was going to run an unofficial Pokemon PAX Prime Pre-Party last August. He’s been doing so every
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Anime Matsuri Has Not Been Making Any Friends
Back in July, we reported that multiple women had accused Anime Matsuri co-founder John Leigh of sexual harassment. The entire
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