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come_love_sleep ([info]come_love_sleep) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2010-10-22 22:43:00


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Elizabeth Moon vs. Sense, Round Two
Continuing from where it was left off over on Unfunny Business, Elizabeth Moon's invite as Guest of Honor to Wiscon has been Officially Rescinded. Not by the concom; by their superiors, who announced this with a very short statement.

Comments, predictably, are rather full of fail. Venture hence fully understanding the risk to your blood pressure. Lots of the usual "PC brigade will RUINS THE WORLD!" bullshit.

Discussing this: Cat Valente, Nick Mamatas, and N. K. Jemisin. The ever-fiery Karnythia has some stuff to say about the con itself.

Ms. Moon is entirely silent.

ETA: Cyan_Aura was kind enough to provide mention, and Juliansinger to provide a link to Ms. Moon's really fairly snippy leaving of the birthday party; since her GoH status was rescinded, she's decided just not to play (rather than attending and facing real live human beings).


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[info]goblin
2010-10-24 09:09 am UTC (link)
There have been a series of posts about this on the wiscon lj community, as well. The more reasoned ones are under lock; the ones that are about how Hurt and Silenced congoers feel by Moon's disinvite are all (at least thus far) open to the public. My personal fave? This one, where magentamn declaims, We've got to stick by Moon, cuz she's a woman! And it's rude to rescind invitations! Also, Muslims are evil! "I feel threatened"!

Also, W1ll Sh3tt*rly is being an ass about this all over the internet, but what else is new. Apparently Moon is being mobbed and censored and silenced and bullied. Possibly also someone kicked her puppy, I dunno.

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