there have long been discussions about artists who perform at michigan. folks have been boycotted and confronted and pamphleted. actions have mostly been informative and have helped to educate and inform folks about the policy and create their own position and decisions about how to support the artists or not. below are links to responses from two artists about michigan's womyn born womyn policy.

ember is performing for the first time and i've talked to both her and lyndell about the policy and the possibility of performing. i appreciated ember's thoughts on mwmf and found many of them in agreement with my own views.

www.emberswift.com/v2/musings/

the other is from alix olson who has performed at fest for several years. i've always heard that alix was pretty adamant about the policy, but the post seems much more conflicted.

www.alixolson.com/diary.php3

what are yr responses? is this tactic of internal action, action within the fest, useful or just wishful thinking? as someone engaged with this type of action, i want to be more effective. to work in alliance with those who boycott and work to change the policy by other means. i guess i hope that multiple approaches will accomplish more than one.