Do Better: SFF without Sexual Violence discussion

Our members have previously discussed excluding authors based on their behaviours. Together, we developed the following rules for the group:


AUTHOR RULES:

This group will exclude authors who:

1) Use their power, money and fame to oppress others
2) Have been found guilty/admitted to acts of SV or SH


Proposing books/authors to group :
Members and moderators are NOT expected to research every author's personal history before they recommend or approve books for our group bookshelf. In the future, if we learn an author has broken our author rules, their works will be removed from the bookshelf


How We Manage the Excluded Author List:

1) Members suggest authors who have broken the group's author rules. Links to articles are encouraged. These authors will be added to a pending list HERE

2) If a pending author is already on our bookshelf a Moderator/Volunteer member will conduct their own research. After, a decision will be made to:

a) Exclude the author and their works

b) Keep the author on the pending list until more information becomes available

c) Remove the author from pending list because their behaviour did not break our group rules

3) If a pending author is not on our bookshelf, they will not be researched and will remain pending until another member proposes one of their works for our bookshelf


Save Your Energy:
Most members will be recommending 21st century books for our bookshelves. Therefore, we do not require members to provide us with an exhaustive list of poorly behaved 20th century authors. Our focus remains on SFF without SV, we are not a forum for author behaviour.

PENDING AUTHOR LIST:
None at this time


EXCLUDED AUTHOR LIST:
J.K. Rowling - ongoing promotion of anti-trans feminism
Orson Scott Card- ongoing support of anti-LGBT groups
Marion Zimmer Bradley - abetting SV
Myke Cole - Admitted to multiple instances of SH