Thanks Ryan.
I don't think I know who you mean though, from memory there were quite a few who fell
into the porn = feminism school of thought (sex-positive feminism or third-wave feminism).
The one person I thought you might mean has posted edits within the last few weeks so it
can't be them.
It's hard to remember now but I think it was possibly the combination of comments from
members and also some of the articles listed in the feminism portal with GA status that I
found off-putting, particularly as it had been suggested to me as, "Oh, you should go
there."
Articles with GA status:
Batgirl (and also a second article on Barbara Gordon)
Belle (Disney - complete with picture of Belle in ball gown and holding a flower)
Beyoncé
"Can't Hold Us Down" (Christina Aguilera, raunch culture track)
"The Dirty Picture" (read the plot and then tell me Silk is the film / poster
for the film is "portraying women as powerful" as described in the article's
opening paragraph)
"Government Hooker" (a song by Lady Gaga about John F. Kennedy's affair
with Marilyn Monroe, lyrics include "I'm gonna drink my tears and cry / 'cos
I know you love me baby")
Independent Women's Forum (quote from article "IWF-affiliated writers have
argued that the gender gap in income exists because of women's greater demand for
flexibility, fewer hours, and less travel in their careers, rather than because of
sexism")
Lara Croft (male fantasy figure)
"Love, Loss, and What I Wore" (play - the plot sounds like the opposite of
feminism)
Madonna
Tara Teng (Miss World 2012)
Xue Susu (a Chinese courtesan).
Anyway, as a start I've divided the list of members on WikiProject Feminism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism/Members between those who -
have / have not - contributed to Wikipedia since 1 January 2013 (and updated the url link
to take account of the change). That leaves the project with 147 active members.
The process gave me a glimpse of the interests / articles that members are editing, it was
quite telling how many listed their interests / studies as: human development / human
capabilities / African Diaspora / psychology / economics / poverty related (in particulary
students on the Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities PJHC course at Rice University).
I also found Wikipedian in Residence Sydney Poore
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FloNight/FAQ_WiR ), perhaps useful? (I counted eight
of the 147 who might reasonably be described as sex-positive feminists or third-wave
feminists, which isn't really all that many
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-positive_feminism ).
Marie
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:46:52 -0700
From: rkaldari(a)wikimedia.org
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikiproject? ...Threads on various issues
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Marie Earley <eiryel(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
A subpage in an existing project would be one idea but please not the Feminism project. I
was invited to it very early on by well meaning editors as a place for such discussions
but found sex-positive feminists who think female porn stars are the definition of female
empowerment.
Hi Marie,
I believe you're referring to a particular editor who hasn't participated there
since about a year ago. I totally understand if you felt put off by your interactions with
them. You might want to consider checking out the project again though since we could
always use more informed, thoughtful voices such as yours.
Cheers,
Ryan
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