Hoi, EEK women EEK ... I think we should accept that our heroes deserve attention. Calling Emily a hero as in an achiever is not a problem. Emily is certainly notable and she is more than a figurehead.
I do not have a problem with celebrating our own notable people. When we do, WE have a problem. Thanks, GerardM On 21 April 2016 at 05:35, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Robert Fernandez wrote: > >The argument that there is no demand for such articles is itself a stale > >one, used to frequently justify gender disparities in all sorts of fields > >and media. There is a clear demand for such articles. The media reaction > >to Emily Temple-Wood's campaign to write articles about female scientists > >is only the most recent and prominent example illustrating that the > >audience is there. > > This is somewhat tangential, but > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Temple-Wood> exists now. I personally > find this to be both unfortunate and potentially ominous. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>