While I personally don't mind the color pink, I have to say that the hot
pink globe logo makes me cry a little inside.

Ryan Kaldari


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 5:04 AM, Russavia <[email protected]>wrote:

> From: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_for_kvinder in
> the info on WikiWednesday, part of what is done is:
>
> "Sladre om de andre brugere"
>
> Bwahahahahaha, if that's not reinforcing stereotypes, what is? :)))))
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 <[email protected]>
> > 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
> >> <[email protected]> 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
> >> >
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