Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-08 Thread Gillian White
This is a great thread and it's wonderful to see the wide range of contributions people have been making. For me, it's a busy time regarding real-life work but when I can, I have been working on the biography of one of my favourite late nineteenth century women, about whom, I was surprised to

Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-08 Thread Sarah Stierch
On 6/8/12 10:17 AM, Christine Meyer wrote: I like this thread but have hesitated contributing to it because I'm a little worried that you'll all laugh at me... ;) Christine! I'm so glad you shared this. I know you really enjoy writing children-based subject matter and you inspired me to

Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-08 Thread phoebe ayers
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Christine Meyer christinewme...@gmail.com wrote: I like this thread but have hesitated contributing to it because I'm a little worried that you'll all laugh at me... ;) Actually, that's a little true.  These days, I've been working on [[The Wiggles]].  You may

Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-08 Thread Christine Meyer
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/8/12 10:17 AM, Christine Meyer wrote: I like this thread but have hesitated contributing to it because I'm a little worried that you'll all laugh at me... ;) Christine! I'm so glad you shared this. I know

Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-05 Thread koltzenburg
thank you, Risker/Anne, how interesting! ___a. Grants Advisory Committee http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candidates I would like to suggest we more or less immediately start a little group who advise female socialised people on how to fill in the application so it

Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-05 Thread Joseph Reagle
On 06/05/2012 09:53 AM, Risker wrote: place where we can continue to illustrate the contributions of women to many fields would be to include their peer-reviewed scholarly works as references in our articles. I am not saying that this should be done in That could also be an interesting

Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-05 Thread Carol Moore DC
One thing people can do is get on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism/Article_alerts List for articles being deleted, RfC'd etc. ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-05 Thread Cynthia Ashley-Nelson
I agree with Anne/Risker. I've gone ahead and thrown my hat in the ring for the Grants Advisory Committee. My background includes expertise with both applying for and approving grants. In my work with nonprofit corporations, I have been responsible for assessing programmatic needs; researching

[Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-05-31 Thread Sarah Stierch
I thought it'd be refreshing to have a positive thread and something less-...porny, if you will :) *What have /you/ been working on? In any language, on any sister project of Wikimedia? Online and offline? What are you doing to be proactive or contributing as a volunteer, fellow, staff