Thanks for the link Sarah. It's an outstanding post by Sue, and a courageous one, too. Andreas
--- On Thu, 29/9/11, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
From: Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com Subject: [Gendergap] Sue's new blog To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Thursday, 29 September, 2011, 7:47
http://suegardner.org/2011/09/28/on-editorial-judgment-and-empathy/
A lot of things I think about, and I'm sure a lot of other people here think about.
I'm sure this blog won't be well received on other WMF-related mailing lists, but, I have to admit - for me - I feel like she's speaking for me.
I don't want to be a censor, I just want people to have common sense, good judgement, customer service and logic. And when people call me a censor, it's just as offensive as the other names I've been called.
I have beencalled a prude, bitch, agitator, bore, conservative, censor, "anti-woman"... someone with an agenda...etc. I can only thank you Sue for speaking on behalf of me - when I clumsily try to express myself on Foundation-L and fear being shot-down and having my "Wiki" self-esteem torn down.....I just feel like "giving up."
Thanks. And I promise everyone, some of us are working towards this, and working towards a change and a towards a conversation that is adult, logical and respectful.
<3
-Sarah