Joseph Reagle released his new paper - "Free as in sexist?" Free
culture and the gender gap.
Abstract:
Despite the
values of freedom and openness, the free culture movement’s
gender balance is as skewed (or more so) as that of the
computing culture from which it arose. Based on the collection
and analysis of discourse on gender and sexism within this
movement over a six–year period. I suggest three possible
causes: (a) some geek identities can be narrow and unappealing;
(b) open communities are especially susceptible to difficult
people; and, (c) the ideas of freedom and openness can be used
to dismiss concerns and rationalize the gender gap as a matter
of preference and choice.
Find it here:
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381
Lots of talk about Wikipedia, and a few familiar names cited in it
(Kat Walsh, Sue, SlimVirgin, among others).
-Sarah