It was probably intended along the same lines as the 'meet the team
behind X' phrasing commonly used on corporate sites; it's just that
since it is women specifically it brings up the whole 'meet some women'
thing, which has gotten pretty ingrained these days.
Those are all good suggestions, though. Anything that says what it is
without hitting the random weird implications would work, but that's
often surprisingly tricky.
-I
On 07/03/15 01:07, Katherine Casey wrote:
Oh, I'm sure it's not at all intended! It strikes me as one of those
things that would only be recognized as A Thing by someone who was
already aware of "meeting women" and PUAs as A Thing (google "meet
women" for a sense of what I mean. For bonus ick points, google "
'meet women' + PUA") . Basically it's a phrasing which is much more
commonly used in the context of "acquainting oneself with women for
sexual/romantic purposes" than it is in the context of "women are
people, let's meet some people!"
For other ideas: nearly any other phrasing - "Hear from some female
wikipedians", "Find out more about some of the women who edit
Wikipedia", "Female Wikipedians discuss why they do what they do!", "A
survey of some of Wikipedia's female editors" - would communicate
"this is a blog post about female wikipedians" without the sort of
awkward implication of "...presented here for men to examine and
select from, as one does when one 'meets' women" that's part of the
cultural baggage of the phrase.
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com
<mailto:wiki.p...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I don't think that is Fabrice's intent. What edits would you suggest?
Pine
On Mar 6, 2015 4:46 PM, "Katherine Casey"
<fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com
<mailto:fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I might be a little punch-drunk from all the gender drama
lately, but..."meet some of the women who edit Wikipedia!"
sounds more like an introduction to a speed-dating event to me
than what is presumably intended to be a
demystification/de-othering blog post. "Come meet some women"
isn't exactly a phrase that comes without baggage, culturally
speaking, and it makes me wince to see female editors being
announced in a tone that makes them sound like exotic zoo animals.
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com
<mailto:wiki.p...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Forwarding to the Gendergap list in case others are
interested, and forwarding to Jason and Peaceray in case
they want to share this blog post at the Art and Feminism
event in Portland, Oregon (Cascadia territory!) this weekend.
Cheers,
Pine
On Mar 6, 2015 4:24 PM, "Fabrice Florin"
<fflo...@wikimedia.org <mailto:fflo...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
Looks like the link below still had the inspire story
URL in the HTML.
Here is the correct link in plain text:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/06/meet-some-women-who-contribute-to-wikipedia/
Enjoy … and have a wonderful weekend!
-f
On Mar 6, 2015, at 4:22 PM, Fabrice Florin
<fflo...@wikimedia.org
<mailto:fflo...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
Hello social media team,
We just published a roundup of some of the women who
contribute to Wikipedia on the blog:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/06/meet-some-women-who-contribute-to-wikipedia/
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/04/inspire-campaign-funds-gender-diversity/>
Many thanks to Andrew, Victor, Heather, and everyone
who helped write and edit this post — as well as the
many profiles and videos featured in it! :)
Here are proposed social media messages for this story:
Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):
Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia --
and find out why they do it. (link) #genderdiversity
Facebook/Google+
Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia:
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we've
featured 11 different profiles and videos of frequent
editors and community leaders. Hear their inspiring
stories and find out why they keep editing. (link)
Feel free to tweak as needed.
Thanks for helping share this story with our community!
Fabrice
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