Comments on: I Like This Lindsay Guy

By: Alethea H. "Crocoduck" Dundee

Alethea H. "Crocoduck" Dundee — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:33:06 +0000

Well done!

It’s a shame that this couldn’t happen without all the abuse flying around, but it’s gratifying that so many organisations have now come through.

By: Blueaussi

Blueaussi — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:59:43 +0000

Great news, indeed!

And again, many thank yous to you and Greta and Ophelia and Rebecca and Jen and all the others who stood firm against the abuse to focus more attention on the issues.

By: JohnS

JohnS — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:34:42 +0000

Good news 🙂

This is one more example of how tireless advocacy can pay off. These anti-harassment policies are a fundamental part of staking out what the “culture” of a conference will be.

I’ve learned a helluva a lot about this (‘this’ being feminism) in the past few months, mostly due to the feminist posters on this site (feministe gets a shout out too).

I also gave DJ Grothe as much benefit of the doubt as I could. Hopefully the fact that so many of his peers are doing the right thing will be the push he needs to do likewise.

By: F

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 07:34:56 +0000

I’m liking the good news. It’s inspiring. I have a lot of respect and admiration for people like you, Stephanie Zvan, who have fought so long and hard, right in the center of this, and made things happen.

Here’s hoping that more people have it in them to understand that there is a problem (or just stop listening to the Limbaughs of the sexist atheist world) and come around to reconsider their attitudes.

By: Ophelia Benson

Ophelia Benson — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:45:36 +0000

Yes indeed.

By: James Croft

James Croft — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:57:03 +0000

I’ve also been extremely impressed by Ron Lindsay’s leadership of the CfI and by the direction of the organization under his leadership. We don’t agree on everything, by any means, but I’ve always found him professional, engaged, smart and welcoming. His strong response to this issue is characteristic of him, I’d say. And the CfI runs exceptional conferences. So he gets my +1 =)

By: kaboobie

kaboobie — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:49:34 +0000

I am definitely paying attention to which organizations have responded positively, and which have not. This will be a major factor, if not the deciding factor, in where I spend my conference-going money in the future.

Thank you, Stephanie, for all you have done and continue to do.