Unmasking the Masquerade Recent posts of accounts of sexual harassment, abuse and warnings in the Lindy Hop/Swing dance scene have been making the rounds on Facebook and various blogs.  While no doubt a subject no one wants to talk about,  it is good  it is out there to create dialogue and hopefully measures to stall this kind of conduct. The earliest public post we saw were from 6 years ago of this nature, and the topic has come up again.  Here are some links with discussions.  https://swungover.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/the-swing-scene-vs-max-his-friends-and-the-swing-scene/ https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/how-swing-dancing-faced-its-sexual-assault-scandal http://www.yehoodi.com/blog/2017/4/18/max-pitruzzella-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-5-women https://www.reddit.com/r/SwingDancing/comments/5ojgbg/content_warning_description_of_sexual_assault_in/ We unite in bringing light and awareness t...