Agree with you, Fluffernutter and Anne. Here are some other stories about the event that the interviewer missed, by only focusing on one group's conversation:
A small handful of women and allies worked their butts off to make this conference go well. Dorothy Howard brought every cool librarian in town, Jennifer Baek made a great event space happen. The conference put a friendly space policy front and center. Organizers made sure that gender gap & LGBT topics were on the schedule. 3 of 4 keynote speakers were women, including Sumana who began the conference with a focus on diversity and inclusion. Adding these because I believe it is worth highlighting each other's efforts to make things suck less, while being clear that our gender gap and New York Magazine both still suck. Siko On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 6 June 2014 16:56, Katherine Casey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/06/love-and-drama-at-the-wikipedia-conference.html >> >> One quote, of many possible ones: >> >>> “We're really the typical demographic, actually,” says Alex Stinson, >>> back on the leather couches. >>> >>> “White, male techies with college degrees,” agrees Kevin Rutherford. >>> “Not you, though,” he says, squinting at a young woman who has silently >>> joined the group, pale with dyed black hair and a skeptical, Daria-like >>> <http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/06/redir.aspx?C=siqEisgg1EiT2llJkdzfjJeTmVYdVdEIU8bniJP-O9F0bAkwyWbDgU4MslzA9cO4HJ9cu_kznC8.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fDaria> >>> expression. “Are you a contributor?” >>> >>> “Yes,” she says, her eyes narrowing. >>> >>> “Do you have a college degree?” Kevin asks. >>> >>> “Yes,” she says, a bit harder. >>> >>> “So you're like, completely out there,” he says, flustered. “In that >>> you're not like us, but you have a college degree,” he adds hastily. “I >>> mean, you are like us, but you’re not.” He sputters on for a few >>> minutes. >>> >> >> I don't suppose anyone knows who the "daria-like" female editor was? I >> think we collectively owe her an apology. >> >> >> > > Oh dear. I agree with you Fluffernutter. > > Risker/Anne > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. [email protected] *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality!*
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