You never know with allergies - it could be a recent development :-) More seriously: I guess pink is given the connotations of cutesy, little-girl-donesn't-know-a-thing and such.
-Ole On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Russavia <russavia.wikipe...@gmail.com>wrote: > And here is Sanne wearing pink badges -- > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/7405752@N06/2513156755/in/photolist-4Q5zWT-4Q9PEs > > And here is Sanne standing directly next to some big arsed pink > balloons -- > http://www.flickr.com/photos/7405752@N06/2513983346/in/photolist-4Q9PEs > > I am guessing that she isn't the one with the problem with pink? > > If so, *facepalm* > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen > <o...@palnatoke.org> wrote: > > Yesterday, stand up comedienne Sanne Søndergaard* ** noticed "Wikipedia > for > > kvinder"***, dawiki's portal for women, and her reaction was "WTF?"**** > > > > The discussion on Facebook has had its ups and downs. One particular > down is > > a lot of name-calling amongst the women in the discussion. It appears, > > however, that some people are allergic to pink, and that some people find > > the text condescending and patronising. > > > > The kerfluffle has caused quite a lot of views on the portal - on > ordinary > > days, it has ~20-30 hits; yesterday 5159. ***** > > > > Oh, and at WikiWednesday the day after tomorrow, we'll probably talk > about > > pinkness and stuff.****** > > > > Regards, > > Ole > > > > *) http://solosanne.dk/ > > **) https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanne_S%C3%B8ndergaard > > ***) https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_for_kvinder > > ****) https://www.facebook.com/SanneSonder/posts/609718455741119 > > *****) > http://stats.grok.se/da/latest90/Wikipedia:Wikipedia%20for%20kvinder > > ******) > https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWednesday/2013#Oktober > > > > -- > > http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588
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