"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.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 24 February 2016 at 13:45, Nathan <nawrich(a)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
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