Alas no, I'm not up to your challenge. I'm subject to quite enough aggression and strange sexualization of situations on enwp; I don't have the energy to dive headfirst into an even worse atmosphere of those things on Commons. I'm much more comfortable speaking here, in an environment of respect and support, than I would ever be there, in an environment where my right to my opinions would be challenged and I'd be shouting into a void while thinking that at any moment someone was going to ask me to show my "tits".
Not everyone has unlimited tolerance for doing things that make them very uncomfortable; as someone whose tolerance for that is perhaps lower than some other people's, my hope is that my voice here, where I *am *comfortable speaking, will be heard - as it seems to be, given this thread and the inroads that have been made on Commons as a result of it - and that my speaking here it will provide support to the people who *are *willing to brave that environment. -Fluff On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Russavia <russavia.wikipe...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey Fluff, > > Indeed we did have a conversation on IRC the other day. You and I may not > agree on numerous things, and in many instances we have very similar views > (but perhaps you just aren't aware of it), but one thing we surely can > agree on is that by only commenting on this list is not having your voice > heard in the place where it matters -- and that is on Commons. > > I urged you the other day to come and join us on the project, noting that > you don't have many contributions there ( > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Fluffernutter), > and I am again urging you to come and join us. > > Are you up for that challenge? > > Cheers, > > Russavia > > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Katherine Casey < > fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Russavia, from the perspective of many people here, "blowing hot air" on >> Commons is the least likely to bring about change of any of the options you >> mention. I know you don't agree with that (you and I had quite a long IRC >> conversation the other day where you made that clear), but it is the >> genuine impression many, many of us have been left with after watching how >> discussions tend to go there. >> >> -Fluff >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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