daenerys comments on Call for Anonymous Narratives by LW Women and Question Proposals (AMA)

[daenerys]

How much to point to specific instances/​individuals?

I was asked by one of the participants as to what the policy is on singling out specific instances or individuals. I told her I would ask the community, and get back with her.

So, on one side, we don’t want to use anonymity as a platform for safely attacking others (her words). On the other side, we don’t want to censor out too much actual data. Also, I don’t want women to feel isolated, if they think they are the only one who has a problem with an individual, but just because no one speaks up.

Some options:

-Keep complete anonymity. Do not mention incidents where people can figure out who you are talking about.
-Use incidents freely, but all names will be changed to pseudonyms.
-Only name names if more than one female mentions them.
-Women can list people they feel are problematic. I’ll compile the list but keep it private. Only the contributing females can see it.

I lean towards the second option, but will go with whatever the community wants.

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Keep complete anonymity. Do not mention incidents where people can figure out who you are talking about.

Low info but safe.

Use incidents freely, but all names will be changed to pseudonyms.

Transparent.

Only name names if more than one female mentions them.

Reasonable, but potentially drama inducing.

Women can list people they feel are problematic. I’ll compile the list but keep it private. Only the contributing females can see it.

Not cool.

[J_Taylor]

-Women can list people they feel are problematic. I’ll compile the list but keep it private. Only the contributing females can see it.

I endorse this, contingent upon the list being stored in a Lisa Frank binder.