<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 February 2011 23:16, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jidanni@jidanni.org">jidanni@jidanni.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
>>>>> "K" == KC <<a href="mailto:fluffernutter.wiki@gmail.com">fluffernutter.wiki@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
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K> our "mascot"? An overtly sexualized, large-breasted woman who people<br>
K> regularly draw in bikinis and maid costumes? I mean, I know<br>
K> Wikipe-tan is not actually The Problem. But she's the most egregious<br>
K> example I think we have of the sort of unconscious "boyzone" culture<br>
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Ah, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan</a> .<br>
Actually a lot of girls like such images too.<br></blockquote></div><br><br>As a small note of irony here, I am viewing this email through Gmail, which of course runs "topic-related" advertisements along the right side of the page. The ones that are up right now are for a matchmaking service and a soft pornography photosite.<br>
<br>I think the segment of the female population who would actively seek out participation in a site where Wikipe-tan was a frequently-seen icon is very, very small. I'm particularly concerned about one of the "examples" at the bottom labeled "Gothic Lolita Wikipe-tan, which is entirely the wrong message.<br>
<br>Risker/Anne<br>