I think you miss my point, Slowking. It wouldn't have been published at all if not for the author. If a man had written it, I doubt it would have made its way out of Gamaliel's inbox. And if a man with a reputation for negative interactions with women had written it, and somehow or other those aliens from Wikimedia-L had abducted Gamaliel and published the piece, there would have been a 500,000 byte discussion on AN or ANI about whether or not to indef the guy.
In other words, the only reason there's a controversy is that the Signpost published a piece that it would have rejected if it had been written by roughly 95% of the active editorship. I'm relatively certain if I'd written exactly the same piece, they would have published it - but if you did, Slowking, it would not have seen the light of day. Risker/Anne On 24 February 2016 at 13:59, J Hayes <[email protected]> wrote: > "the reaction would have been infinitely more severe if not for the name > of the author" > > oh no, the reaction is because she is a women. commentators at signpost > care not of position, but they could be appalled that a woman is in a > position of responsibility. why waste a chance to sealion when someone is > celebrating the belated diversity article writing efforts. > > it's all about the editing ethics on signpost, lol > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 24 February 2016 at 13:45, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> <snip> >>> Additionally, not only have I never heard "badass" used in a derogatory >>> way, I've never even once heard anyone suggest that it might be used as an >>> insult. In my experience it has only ever been a compliment. In the context >>> of Keilana's op-ed, it should be obvious to any reader that she used it >>> positively. >>> >>> If exactly the same article had been written by someone who has a long >> and colourful history of behaviour considered to be very uncivil, nobody >> would be thinking it was an okay article. It's only okay because Keilana >> wrote it, it wouldn't be okay if someone with a history of alleged misogyny >> wrote it *using exactly the same words*. I doubt very much that the >> Signpost would have published it had it been written by any number of other >> people - in fact, I'm doubtful it would have been published if written by >> any male editor, though Rob could tell us otherwise - but even if they did >> publish it, the reaction would have been infinitely more severe if not for >> the name of the author. >> >> Risker/Anne >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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