Friends of Lulu: Empowerment Fund

The Friends of Lulu comics advocacy group looks to be starting an empowerment fund, which although sketched in so roughly in this article might as well be in crayon, seems to be designed towards helping female members of the various comics industries with legal costs in cases of sexual harassment or discriminatory abuse -- an education role for the fund is also asserted. This would be a step up in terms of seriousness for both the group and the problem, given the longstanding accusation that Friends of Lulu's primary function is to defray convention costs for Friends of Lulu members, and the queasy reaction that many have to combatting sexual discrimination through furious on-line outings of wretched behavior. The article linked to describes in long form an incident that will be receiving the new fund's attention.

Update: I've been informed via e-mail that discrimination cases will not be eligible for funding as the fund is currently conceived. The above has been changed to correct my error.
 
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