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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And this is why, even though I'm totally on Dawn's side and think she was treated terribly, in the same situation I would have chosen to just move on, remove myself from that "community" and see if I could put it behind me.

I say this as someone who went through something similar with an organization like Grubstreet (not in writing/publishing). The problem with an org like that is that it's many things all at once. It's a clique-y cult of friends who use their positions in the organization to exclude people they don't like. BUT it's also a legitimate source of community for many members despite that. The longer the org is around the more true this is. There are almost certainly students and writers and teachers who met their spouse's, best friends, agents, writing partners, etc. through Grubstreet and for whom it's a kind of permanent fixture in their life. Many of these people have nothing to do with what happened to Dawn. They will defend the organization and remain loyal. Most will not bother to learn enough about this situation to see the problems. And on a deep level, they have likely bought into those ingroup/outgroup dynamics of that clique-y cult.

Here is the worst part. Many of those people will simply blame Dawn for all of it, including the fact that a group of women have now had to step down from their previous positions in the organization. They will blame her for awkwardness in the organizations and any changes that result in what they view as a loss of what they liked about the place before (even if those changes are merited). Certainly Dawn will never feel welcome there again.

Ask me how I know.[/quote]

Well said, and I agree. You see this on Twitter from GrubStreet members. "Well they said they were sorry ISN'T THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU." Never mind that they didn't actually apologize, never mind that the problematic conditions that created the issue are still there, never mind that the leadership remains the same. But there is a cadre of paying GrubStreet members who actively want this to all just go away so they can forget it and get back to whatever appalling things they were doing.[/quote]

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