Look, DashCon 2014 was a huge mess. I'll be the first person to admit that, and I'm a dragon werewolf—you know how stubborn they can get! I understand if the idea of DashCon 2015 rubs you the wrong ...

The Ali Forney Center is a non-profit shelter for queer and genderqueer teens in New York City. It’s also, thanks to the weekend blowup over DashCon, Tumblr’s newest cause célèbre. Sunday, in the ...

Before Fyre Fest and its infamous cheese sandwich, the poster child for events gone terribly awry was DashCon. Best epitomized by the photo of a sad ball pit in an empty convention hall, the event was ...

“The greatest irony of DashCon is that they inadvertently created the only fandom that can destroy the Superwholock fandom on Tumblr,” wrote Tumblr user mattgorman Monday morning. “The Ball Pit Fandom ...

Web-born "fandoms" (devoted fan groups) have never had more opportunities to bond in the real world. Yet, as this weekend’s DashCon 2014 illustrates, large gatherings come with significant risk for ...