Okay, okay. I never said I was an interweb guru. So sue me for just finding out now about Wikigender, a project launched in March 2008 by the OECD. Wikigender is a wiki, which means it’s written by regular users like you and me. As the site says,
Wikigender is your online platform to find and exchange information related to gender equality. Users are invited to comment on or improve existing articles, and to create or upload new documents.
This is the coolest feminist project I’ve seen since–well, since last week’s golden Rebick award winners. Check out this week’s article of the week: Trousers and Gender Equality, or check out country guides (here’s Canada’s) with a full slate of indicators for how women are doing. You could spend a long time here getting getting educated and contributing to the conversation.
I also wanted to award a golden Rebick to something called The Belly Project, a site dedicated to pictures of women’s bellies. It’s great, and a great antidote to a steady diet of photos of protruding celebrity ribs and ripped abs. The day my kid inevitably starts complaining she’s fat–you know, when she’s about 8 years old–I’m going to sit her down with this site and use it as a teachable moment.
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Just in case you missed it before, Wikipedia also has a feminism portal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Feminism
Thanks for the great links! I found a site via twitter this morning that was along the lines of The Belly Project, but of breasts of all shapes & sizes, male & female. I love reality!
OMG! Thanks, Nutkin. I did not know about the feminism portal. I have seen the breast gallery, though–we will re-post the link so everyone can see the amazing array of bodies. Here’s to reality!
Oh fabulous!
Do you know about the Geek Feminism Wiki? It’s also really good!
It’s not clear to me how my life has gone on without the knowledge of the Geek Feminism Wiki! What an absolutely fabulous idea/service for webby/techie women.