[Gendergap] Lighten Up

2015-01-20 Thread Val Fontis
I don’t usually post to this list, but since I have a sense of humor, and all y’all do too, I thought you might find this AfD thread in which I participated amusing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rebecca_Dunn We’ve got a long way to go, baby. (humorous

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikimedia-l] surveys of active female editors?

2015-01-20 Thread Andreas Kolbe
+1. Here are some more questions that I would be interested in having answers to: -- What do women who are presently editing find most demotivating about contributing to Wikipedia? -- Have they ever thought of throwing in the towel, and what were the reasons? -- Based on past experience, what

[Gendergap] Woman in a WikiWorld

2015-01-20 Thread J Hayes
HASTAC blog post http://www.hastac.org/blogs/alicia-pileggi/2015/01/16/woman-wikiworld-0 ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit:

Re: [Gendergap] Opinion pieces on cisgender...Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only

2015-01-20 Thread A. Mani
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: Since I started a minor brouhaha on cisgender, I figured I should provide some examples of women (and feminists) who dislike the phrase. http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/01/being-called-cis-is-not-oppressive Best

Re: [Gendergap] Opinion pieces on cisgender...Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only

2015-01-20 Thread LB
You know what I want? A place where women can come together and talk. I hope they won't get hung up on - or especially belittle each other - if they prefer to say *about themselves* I am a woman, or I am a cisgender woman, or I am a woman-born-woman, or I am a trans-woman, or whatever. And I sure