Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-07 Thread Sydney Poore
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:27 PM, carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: On 9/6/2011 5:18 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: I have to say that viewing pregnancy as a medical article seems to be a rather male point of view :) I also find it telling that maternity clothing isn't even mentioned in the article

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-07 Thread Sydney Poore
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 19:27, carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: Lots of us old hippie women are exhibitionists and I could advertise and get a few of us to pose. Then the young guys would have to discuss whether the 19 year

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-06 Thread Laura Hale
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.net wrote: What I find much more disturbing is WP being used to publish pictures of the photographer's wife. Even if he is very proud of her. It might be an unwanted precedent, first of people posting pictures of their children

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-06 Thread Arnaud HERVE
On 06/09/2011 11:10, Laura Hale wrote: From a women's sport perspective, we could really, really use some images featuring women's sport and encouraging people to post images of their friends and family to demonstrate certain things feels wholly appropriate. Ah yes, when there is a lack

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Stierch
Can anybody confirm that there have already been invasions of authors contributing uniquely to post photos of their personal lives ? Wikimedia Commons frequently gets image uploads of personal content on a daily basis. Commons is NOT a web host for personal images (

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC and the lack of junk in articles

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Stierch
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.net wrote: very casual instead. Might be my European education, I don't know. Possibly :) I consider myself a very sex-positive person, but, I also know when political correctness and forcing people to view nudity is

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC and the lack of junk in articles

2011-09-06 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
Sarah: I was trying to think of an example of something that might be relevant to men. I looked at the [[vasectomy]] article and was happy to see that there was a medical drawing of a groin, and not someone's privates at the first image (aguug), but, you scroll down a bit and there it is,

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-06 Thread Ryan Kaldari
I have to say that viewing pregnancy as a medical article seems to be a rather male point of view :) I also find it telling that maternity clothing isn't even mentioned in the article (but I guess that makes sense if pregnant women don't wear clothes). Ryan Kaldari On 9/6/11 12:04 AM, Arnaud

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 20:08, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 19:27,  carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: Lots of us old hippie women are exhibitionists and I could advertise and get a few of us to pose. Then the young guys would have to discuss whether the 19

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-06 Thread carolmooredc
If someone wants to beat me to the punch, go for it. Hmmm, I know some feminist photographers In fact, a few of us probably do. What better consciousness raiser than a fact (or photo) on the ground that they then have to deal with?? On 9/6/2011 9:51 PM, Sarah wrote: On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-06 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
It's actually a serious point, though. It would be great to provide images for those articles that don't portray women the way certain men want to see them portrayed. I recall the Body Shop did that a couple of decades ago -- started using images of women that fell outside the usual range

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-06 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 01:33, Daniel and Elizabeth Case danc...@frontiernet.net wrote: Do we have an article on that women's club somewhere in England that, one year, put out their annual calendar showing them going about their regular club activities (gardening, tea, etc.) nude? IIRC, they

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-05 Thread Sarah Stierch
Daniel, I totally 3 your use of denial and hostile work environment. Chiming in right now. Been following it since it was posted on WP:Feminism and was sickened by the conversation, so had to move on.. -Sarah On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case danc...@frontiernet.net