Last time I went was about 2015 or 2016. Joe Saul was running the convention and sitting at a table near the entrance. Previously, he had spent about three years hassling me online, many years earlier, and maybe he felt guilty about it, or maybe he felt bad that my partner had recently died and was a friend of his, but, whatever the reason, when I walked up to the table to get tickets, Joe took a long, long look from my face, slowly down my entire body, and slowly back up again. I felt *so* invaded and unwantedly sexualized that my kids and I left UCon and have never gone back, even though we love board games and would like to go.
Does Joe normally do that to convention-goers, would you say, or was that more likely to be a onetime fluke? (Though it is not likely to be an issue with this year's UCon going online.) Anyway, I am curious about your take on it.
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Date: 2020-07-27 07:27 pm (UTC)Last time I went was about 2015 or 2016. Joe Saul was running the convention and sitting at a table near the entrance. Previously, he had spent about three years hassling me online, many years earlier, and maybe he felt guilty about it, or maybe he felt bad that my partner had recently died and was a friend of his, but, whatever the reason, when I walked up to the table to get tickets, Joe took a long, long look from my face, slowly down my entire body, and slowly back up again. I felt *so* invaded and unwantedly sexualized that my kids and I left UCon and have never gone back, even though we love board games and would like to go.
Does Joe normally do that to convention-goers, would you say, or was that more likely to be a onetime fluke? (Though it is not likely to be an issue with this year's UCon going online.) Anyway, I am curious about your take on it.