I was intending to give this idea the attention I thought it deserved (none) but so many folks on my flist are talking about it that I feel pressured to put in two cents.
(See how easy it is for some people to feel social pressure? No one is even standing over me asking me to wear a button or asking to feel my boobs. People are just writing about it.)
So:
It's fun to break social rules when you're among friends and people you trust in a relatively safe space. Sounds like the original incident was like that, and that's great.
I object to the "Project" aspect of it. I don't want entire SF cons to become spaces where I feel pressured to walk around advertising my willingness, or lack thereof, to be felt up.
I have some more personal reactions that I may put into a flocked post.
(See how easy it is for some people to feel social pressure? No one is even standing over me asking me to wear a button or asking to feel my boobs. People are just writing about it.)
So:
It's fun to break social rules when you're among friends and people you trust in a relatively safe space. Sounds like the original incident was like that, and that's great.
I object to the "Project" aspect of it. I don't want entire SF cons to become spaces where I feel pressured to walk around advertising my willingness, or lack thereof, to be felt up.
I have some more personal reactions that I may put into a flocked post.
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Also, don't feel obligated to say anything ever just because everyone else is talking about it. Say what's important to you. :)
So, uh, to finish my thought (much later), I'm wanting to withdraw my opinions and tell them they're all right.
Edited at 2008-04-22 09:29 pm (UTC)
What's ow for, though. Wanting to recant because I feel out of place?
And now the vague sense of "perhaps I should weigh in here somewhere" is gone. Yay!
(Watch, or avert your eyes from, or advertise your availability for or lack thereof.)
Original post:
http://theferrett.livejournal.com/1087686.html
He has published some updates where he backpedals on the idea.
As he points out, doing this privately, among a group of trusted friends, is one thing. But a whole con? Fuck. That. Shit.