WHOA why is all this old stuff surfacing?! LOL. (::hides::)
-Sarah On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Hi Aaron and everyone, > > This is a really painful thing for me to read. As a scholar, my research > work has been based around the representation of Indigenous peoples of North > America in media and culture. I sincerely doubt that any of the "tribal > members" I know would say that this is a valid work that would showcase > their Indigenous cultures as anything but another stereotype. Just as I'm > sure some women of Tahiti today would question the relevance today of > Gauguin's paintings which often showcased nude or partially nude Tahitian > women - art revered by both genders and the Western art world. However, I'm > not seeking to speak on behalf of these individuals and communities, nor am > I hear to discuss the creators goal or context with this featured image. > It's more of the fact that *this* is considered a choice for the featured > front page and the concern that it has given me as a female contributor to > Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, etc. > > You also stated that you do not want to compromise "our core values just to > try to close a "gap" that some feel is such a big issue, if it even exists." > > This gap does exist, in fact an entire mailing list (which I have cc'd here > and I encourage anyone interested in the topic to join) was created to work > towards bridging this gap. This was triggered by an article titled "Define > Gender Gap? Look Up Wikipedia's Contributor List" by Noam Cohen, published > Jan 30 2011 in *The New York Times*: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/business/media/31link.html > > A great and interesting conversation took place by NYT to reflect on this > situation, which you can read here: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/02/02/where-are-the-women-in-wikipedia > > I do hope that perhaps those two articles can show you that there *is *a > problem, and there are many concerned Wikipedians of all genders, skin > tones, and identities aiming to change that. That is when images like this > deter us from our expansive mission to be more inclusive. > > And this has nothing to do with me being "sensitive to toplessness" - you > don't know anything about my lifestyle or character to assume that, > regardless of where I live or where I was born. > > #wikilove, > > Sarah > > > On 5/15/2011 10:53 PM, Aaron Adrignola wrote: > > Commons is not censored. It's a beautiful scene and it would be expected > that the an imaginary tribal member would not have the American > sensitivities to toplessness. Some images may offend. Some articles may > offend. We're not going to compromise our core values just to try to close > a "gap" that some feel is such a big issue, if it even exists. > > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:31 PM, CherianTinu Abraham < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> FYI >> >> Regards >> Tinu Cherian >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, May 16, 2011 at 7:33 AM >> Subject: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons >> To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> Surely I'm not the only one who noticed this lovely gem of a photo of the >> day today. In my work environment - NFWS. >> >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page >> >> Direct link to image: >> >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg >> >> I mean really? /facepalm >> >> This is the kind of imagery I have no desire to see on the front page of >> Commons. I'm a very liberal person, but, this makes me not want to even >> allow my MOTHER to use Commons. >> >> #wikilove, >> >> Sarah >> >> >> -- >> Wikipedia Regional Ambassador, D.C. 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