Thanks for sending this, Melanie! The folks behind DHPoco are also hosting a Global Women Wikipedia Write-In (#GWWI<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23gwwi&src=typd>) this Friday:
http://dhpoco.org/2013/03/21/the-global-women-wikipedia-write-in-gwwi-2/ Megan On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Melanie Kill <[email protected]> wrote: > The Postcolonial Digital Humanities tumbler did a great comic on this: > http://dhpoco.tumblr.com/post/48828130277/were-full-maybe-you-should-join-t > he-american > > All best, > Melanie > > > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > Melanie Kill > Asst Professor of English > University of Maryland > 2119 Tawes Hall > College Park, MD 20742 > > [email protected] | @melaniekill > > > > > >Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:21:36 -0700 > >From: Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> > >To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects > > <[email protected]> > >Subject: [Gendergap] [PRESS] Women Novelists Wikipedia: Female Authors > > Absent From Site's 'American Novelists' Page? > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > > > > > From The Huffington Post > > > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/women-novelists-wikipedia-female- > >authors-american_n_3149345.html > > > >Attention female authors: you may be being segregated from your male > >peers on Wikipedia. On the online encyclopedia's "American Novelists" > ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_novelists> page, women > >authors are hard to find. Instead they have been filed primarily under > >"American Women Novelists." > ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_women_novelists> > > > >/Vanity Fair/ contributing editor Elissa Schappell > ><https://twitter.com/ElissaSchappell> made this observation and posted > >on Facebook Wednesday: > > > > Women Writers take heed, you are being erased on Wikipedia. It would > > appear that in order to make room for male writers, women novelists > > (such as Amy Tan, Harper Lee, Donna Tartt and 300 others) have been > > moved off the "American Novelists" page and into the "American Women > > Novelists" category. Not the back of the bus, or the kiddie table > > exactly--except of course--when you google "American Novelists" the > > list that appears is almost exclusively men (3,387 men). The > > explanation on the pages is that the list of American Novelists is > > too long, therefore sub-categories are necessary. > > Idea: What about, "American Novelists with Penises" "American > > Novelists Who Are Vastly Over-Rated and Over-Paid" or "American > > Novelists Who Aren't Being Read But Should Be" (Here you'd find a > > lot of women, people of color...) > > > > Want to see where you're sitting for eternity? Take a peek. > > > >A disclaimer at the top of the American Novelists page reads, "This > >category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. > >It should directly contain very few, if any, articles and should mainly > >contain subcategories." Schappell suggests that Wikipedia dealt with > >this space issue by moving the female authors off the page. > > > >The Huffington Post reached out to Wikipedia for a response to > >Schappell's claims but so far has not heard back. > > > >This is far from the first time that someone has expressed ire over the > >"second-class" treatment of female authors. VIDA, an organization > >dedicated to women in literary arts, pointed out that in 2011 the New > >York Times Book Review <http://www.vidaweb.org/the-2011-count> printed > >reviews of 520 male authors' books and only 273 books written by women. > > > >In a recent blog post on The Huffington Post, author Liza Palmer wrote > >about thedouble standard that exists > >< > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liza-palmer/all-books-are-equal-but-s_b_313 > >1794.html> in > >the literary world: > > > > All too often, when a woman writes a book about family and > > relationships the reader will sigh that she felt the narrator's > > inner monologues were "whiny" whereas when a male writer > > contemplates these same topics he is being "introspective." If a > > female writer uses humor in her dialogue she will be dismissed as > > "snarky", whereas if a male writer uses humor, he has a "biting > > wit." So called chick-lit writers get pinned with "predictable" > > endings, while male writers writing about the same topics have > > endings that are "satisfying." > > > >Perhaps it's time that Wikipedia realized that both men and women are > >great American novelists and should show up when you search for them. > > > > > >-- > >/Sarah Stierch/* > >Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation Community Coordinator > >*Donate > >< > http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Donate/en&utm_source=&ut > >m_medium=&utm_campaign=&language=en&uselang=en&country=US&referrer=http%3A > >%2F%2Fwww.google.com > %2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3 > >Dweb%26cd%3D1%26ved%3D0CDMQFjAA%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdonate.wikipedi > >a.org > %252F%26ei%3DYpsET93HN6isiQLIoJjSDg%26usg%3DAFQjCNG-7hzT9rkEvAjlNqBIO > >Q1ZDIpdYA> > >today and keep it free! > > > >Visit me on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>! > > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- > >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >URL: > >< > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/attachments/20130424/dc717 > >beb/attachment-0001.html> > >-------------- next part -------------- > >_______________________________________________ > >Wmfcc-l mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 3 > >Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:13:00 +0200 > >From: María Sefidari <[email protected]> > >To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects > > <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [Gendergap] [PRESS] Women Novelists Wikipedia: Female > > Authors Absent From Site's 'American Novelists' Page? > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > >The New York Times also has an article about this: > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/wikipedias-sexism-toward- > >female-novelists.html > > > >Kind regards, > > > >María > > > >Enviado desde mi dispositivo móvil > > > >El 25/04/2013, a las 01:21, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> > >escribió: > > > >> > >> From The Huffington Post > >> > >> > >> > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/women-novelists-wikipedia-female > >>-authors-american_n_3149345.html > >> > >> Attention female authors: you may be being segregated from your male > >>peers on Wikipedia. On the online encyclopedia's "American Novelists" > >>page, women authors are hard to find. Instead they have been filed > >>primarily under "American Women Novelists." > >> > >> Vanity Fair contributing editor Elissa Schappell made this observation > >>and posted on Facebook Wednesday: > >> Women Writers take heed, you are being erased on Wikipedia. It would > >>appear that in order to make room for male writers, women novelists > >>(such as Amy Tan, Harper Lee, Donna Tartt and 300 others) have been > >>moved off the "American Novelists" page and into the "American Women > >>Novelists" category. Not the back of the bus, or the kiddie table > >>exactly--except of course--when you google "American Novelists" the list > >>that appears is almost exclusively men (3,387 men). The explanation on > >>the pages is that the list of American Novelists is too long, therefore > >>sub-categories are necessary. > >> Idea: What about, "American Novelists with Penises" "American Novelists > >>Who Are Vastly Over-Rated and Over-Paid" or "American Novelists Who > >>Aren't Being Read But Should Be" (Here you'd find a lot of women, people > >>of color...) > >> Want to see where you're sitting for eternity? Take a peek. > >> > >> A disclaimer at the top of the American Novelists page reads, "This > >>category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. > >>It should directly contain very few, if any, articles and should mainly > >>contain subcategories." Schappell suggests that Wikipedia dealt with > >>this space issue by moving the female authors off the page. > >> > >> The Huffington Post reached out to Wikipedia for a response to > >>Schappell's claims but so far has not heard back. > >> > >> This is far from the first time that someone has expressed ire over the > >>"second-class" treatment of female authors. VIDA, an organization > >>dedicated to women in literary arts, pointed out that in 2011 the New > >>York Times Book Review printed reviews of 520 male authors' books and > >>only 273 books written by women. > >> > >> In a recent blog post on The Huffington Post, author Liza Palmer wrote > >>about thedouble standard that exists in the literary world: > >> All too often, when a woman writes a book about family and > >>relationships the reader will sigh that she felt the narrator's inner > >>monologues were "whiny" whereas when a male writer contemplates these > >>same topics he is being "introspective." If a female writer uses humor > >>in her dialogue she will be dismissed as "snarky", whereas if a male > >>writer uses humor, he has a "biting wit." So called chick-lit writers > >>get pinned with "predictable" endings, while male writers writing about > >>the same topics have endings that are "satisfying." > >> Perhaps it's time that Wikipedia realized that both men and women are > >>great American novelists and should show up when you search for them. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Sarah Stierch > >> Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation Community Coordinator > >> Donate today and keep it free! > >> > >> Visit me on Wikipedia! > >> > >> > >> <Attached Message Part> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gendergap mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >-------------- next part -------------- > >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >URL: > >< > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/attachments/20130425/34856 > >8d6/attachment.html> > > > >------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Gendergap mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > > >End of Gendergap Digest, Vol 27, Issue 18 > >***************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- Megan Wacha | Research and Instruction Librarian for Media and the Performing Arts Barnard College | 3009 Broadway | New York, NY 10027 212.854.7652 | [email protected]
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