I feel *exactly* the same way, and I'm a Commons admin :( This speaks for me, too.
-- Allie On May 12, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Katherine Casey <fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
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