I think John Scalzi has a very good idea. He is part of the group of folks getting paid back for the loan to buy the new store in the Haight, and he is going to take any loan repayments he gets and pass that money plus more on to RAINN. Any group working to help victims of sexual abuse would be worthy recipients of such money.
So...if you buy books there to keep an independent genre fiction store alive...match and surpass that total in gifts to RAINN, shelters for people at risk, there are lots of places worthy of assistance.
If you are a yearly supporter (we are), match or surpass that in a donation.
As I see it, Borderlands is going to be best served in the long term by Alan not being part of the store (buy him out?). I hope he gets treatment and help. But him in that store is harming our community right now.
If we continue on acting like nothing is wrong with this situation, Borderlands becomes yet another missing stair in the community. The speculative fiction community has enabled abusers for far too long and it has to stop.
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So...if you buy books there to keep an independent genre fiction store alive...match and surpass that total in gifts to RAINN, shelters for people at risk, there are lots of places worthy of assistance.
If you are a yearly supporter (we are), match or surpass that in a donation.
As I see it, Borderlands is going to be best served in the long term by Alan not being part of the store (buy him out?). I hope he gets treatment and help. But him in that store is harming our community right now.
If we continue on acting like nothing is wrong with this situation, Borderlands becomes yet another missing stair in the community. The speculative fiction community has enabled abusers for far too long and it has to stop.