"the reaction would have been infinitely more severe if not for the name of the author"
oh no, the reaction is because she is a women. commentators at signpost care not of position, but they could be appalled that a woman is in a position of responsibility. why waste a chance to sealion when someone is celebrating the belated diversity article writing efforts. it's all about the editing ethics on signpost, lol On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 24 February 2016 at 13:45, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> <snip> >> Additionally, not only have I never heard "badass" used in a derogatory >> way, I've never even once heard anyone suggest that it might be used as an >> insult. In my experience it has only ever been a compliment. In the context >> of Keilana's op-ed, it should be obvious to any reader that she used it >> positively. >> >> If exactly the same article had been written by someone who has a long > and colourful history of behaviour considered to be very uncivil, nobody > would be thinking it was an okay article. It's only okay because Keilana > wrote it, it wouldn't be okay if someone with a history of alleged misogyny > wrote it *using exactly the same words*. I doubt very much that the > Signpost would have published it had it been written by any number of other > people - in fact, I'm doubtful it would have been published if written by > any male editor, though Rob could tell us otherwise - but even if they did > publish it, the reaction would have been infinitely more severe if not for > the name of the author. > > Risker/Anne > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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