[Gendergap] What we are up against

2014-08-09 Thread Michael J. Lowrey
https://storify.com/JessicaValenti/what-happens-when-a-woman-writer-asks-a-question-o I don't have words for this, just prayer for the souls of the idiots involved. -- Michael J. Orange Mike Lowrey When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes. --

[Gendergap] Lila's keynote speech at Wikimania 2014

2014-08-09 Thread Pine W
Hi all, I would like to encourage those of us who may have missed Lila's keynote speech at Wikimania to listen to it. [1] In her speech, Lila takes a long view of Wikimedia's history and future. She talks about incremental and disruptive changes that are happening socially and technologically

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

2014-08-09 Thread Pine W
Hi Janine, Of the links that you mentioned I was only able to get one of them to work, but I searched for friendlier IRC clients and I think I've found one. It's called Kiwi IRC. I'll ask the Freenode people what they think about changing their default web client to Kiwi. If they want to keep