Maybe some "geek" organizations really are finally pulling their heads out of their asses.

Cat Rambo, another serial member of the symposium speaking lineup, was accused of ranting about Jews in New York Publishing by a whistleblower at the convention.

Nevermind. I see what is going on here. I would bet every dollar to my name that this has nothing to do with their identity politics and everything to do with their support for Palestine.

I am trying to get word to Peter Adkison that I'd like to meet with him, casually, privately and honestly.

Translation: "I will be harassing Mr. Adkison and getting as many people as possible to help me until he meets with me in private. Then if he doesn't reverse course I will make false accusations about things he did not actually say to me in our meeting which he cannot defend himself against."

Too little too late

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“Many people were upset that I spoke publicly and also used the terms ‘race’ and ‘disability’. I spoke publicly, because I’d stayed silent all year, and this was the result. Based on that treatment, I had no confidence anything I said internally would make its way to Mr. Adkison. I used the terms not as a threat, but to convey why this is serious and why I want to talk to him personally.”

I'm leaning towards it being so infested with activists, they started upping the shakedown/extortion. When this Emily chick didn't get what she wanted she pulled out the 'GenCon bosses are -ist -phobe" innuendo. Someone in the convention management musta decided to nip that shit in the bud before they got pilloried on social media.

They wont be changing their ways, just hiring a different crop of activists, is my guess.

Kinda late but better late than never. Honestly they can’t accept that sci fi readers skew heavily male. Now fantasy skews more 50/50 but another thing they can’t accept is that thinly bowled lectures on race/lgbt/girl power don’t sell. They keep rewarding garbage books that push the message while they could be highlighting good authors.

At least you stuff like Baen and Arkhaven

I don't believe for a minute that this is significant or indicative of any sort of shifting winds. I know very well the kind of person who attends Gen Con.

I stopped going to GenCon after that incident with Jeremy of the Quartering getting attacked by an activist and GenCon banning JEREMY.

lol