Re: [Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

2015-03-06 Thread Pine W
I don't think that is Fabrice's intent. What edits would you suggest? Pine On Mar 6, 2015 4:46 PM, Katherine Casey fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com wrote: I might be a little punch-drunk from all the gender drama lately, but...meet some of the women who edit Wikipedia! sounds more like an

Re: [Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

2015-03-06 Thread Isarra Yos
It was probably intended along the same lines as the 'meet the team behind X' phrasing commonly used on corporate sites; it's just that since it is women specifically it brings up the whole 'meet some women' thing, which has gotten pretty ingrained these days. Those are all good suggestions,

[Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

2015-03-06 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to the Gendergap list in case others are interested, and forwarding to Jason and Peaceray in case they want to share this blog post at the Art and Feminism event in Portland, Oregon (Cascadia territory!) this weekend. Cheers, Pine On Mar 6, 2015 4:24 PM, Fabrice Florin

Re: [Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

2015-03-06 Thread Katherine Casey
I might be a little punch-drunk from all the gender drama lately, but...meet some of the women who edit Wikipedia! sounds more like an introduction to a speed-dating event to me than what is presumably intended to be a demystification/de-othering blog post. Come meet some women isn't exactly a

Re: [Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

2015-03-06 Thread Katherine Casey
Oh, I'm sure it's not at all intended! It strikes me as one of those things that would only be recognized as A Thing by someone who was already aware of meeting women and PUAs as A Thing (google meet women for a sense of what I mean. For bonus ick points, google 'meet women' + PUA) . Basically

Re: [Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

2015-03-06 Thread rupert THURNER
On Mar 7, 2015 1:36 AM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding to the Gendergap list in case others are interested, and forwarding to Jason and Peaceray in case they want to share this blog post at the Art and Feminism event in Portland, Oregon (Cascadia territory!) this weekend.