16/06/2025
You may have seen from recent posts that Midnight Meadow attended Pack in the Readers in Greenbay, WI this weekend. No one in our staff had seen previous posts from them that would have raised red flags for us and ultimately led us to backing out. Everything we had seen from them had given us a very different view of who was running this event.
While at the event, the issues with the runner from Booked In Chaos began circulating, and we then saw screenshots of those posts. After careful consideration, we decided to tread lightly with the event, especially as the event was practically over before those began circulating in our feeds.
The event itself was inclusive, fun, and felt as if so much love and care had gone into it, that we had every intention of returning should they host the event again.
As Pack in the Readers have now released a statement of “neutrality” in this political climate, standing with the runner of Booked in Chaos, and cementing themselves as unsafe to our family, our authors. our friends, and our colleagues, that is no longer the case.
Midnight Meadow is a q***r and Black-owned business. We care deeply for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we do not tolerate hatred or bigotry. We aim to only align ourselves with those who share our values.
In short, ACAB, Land Back, Free Palestine, and FDT.
(We will be leaving up our posts because this event WAS good, and the runners should have some shame to look back on that they so quickly made themselves not the allies they claimed to be).
