Dear Wikipedia gender topic colleagues,
I've read the strings and visited Ms. Sarkeesian's Wikipedia and self-published
website, Feminist Frequency, as well as Kickstarter, and Forbes write up about
the Wikipedia Sarkeesian article debacle ("W-SAD").
I weigh in on Ms. Sarkeesian's behalf about notability. Let's give her a
chance to advance the eternal cause of feminine value and voice. She has
extraordinary, and even visionary ideas, and deserves our temperance and
admiration. She is not just a blogger. She is not someone who will become
less meaningful and whose sole impact on society will be only the W-SAD. She
is one of ours, a gem who comes out swinging.
If a page about her went up prematurely, let us watch it evolve, and take
heart, celebrating her crowdsourcing success and ability to challenge
stereotypes of the type W-SAD manifests. This does not mean I am suggesting
she will be world famous in 100 years. The Feminist cause and its merits find
far too few role models. Girl gamers and gender specialists are going to
appreciate having this article and its referencing and links to turn to. The
story is cautionary, and ever-so current. If we have something to be skeptical
about, time will clarify why.
Please, let us give Ms. Sarkeesian's work encouragement to flourish, and see
what this dynamic woman does for the gender gap in space and time. I'm of the
conviction there is profound social importance in this provocative artist's
ideas.
KSRolph
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