#whoseknowledge

“This culture loves stories where we make one narrative carry the weight of the entire culture, whether it’s OJ Simpson or Anita Hill testify against Clarence Thomas. Then we make it the verdict. This case has kind of succeeded, but we, as a society, will not have succeeded until the moment not just when men are afraid to do this because they might actually be punished, but when the desire to harm women and the entitlement to harm women disappears — when some kind of common humanism and common nonviolence becomes the norm. That’s the finish line I’m looking for.” -Rebecca Solnit, on the Harvey Weinstein ruling 

Guys ! I'm volunteering with Wikipedia and Wiki Commons in the WhoseKnowlegde Campaign which basically consists of giving voice to marginalized people and communities this bringing into the field of bibliographic and "academic" research i.e. on Wikipedia, adding photos in women: black, latina, indigenous, trans and non-binary who do not have a photo, that is, avoiding their deletion and silencing. Wikipedia has a huge gender gap - less than 20% of Wikipedia volunteers (people like me (non-binary/trans, who write articles, add pictures, etc.) ARE WOMEN and we're also missing out on a lot of important content about women. Women represent less than 25% of the biographies on Wikipedia. Below I'll add some links that will help you as I understand more about the process of how the whole campaign works and how to make that photo request so that we can fulfill the purpose discussed above.

ABOUT WHOSEKNOWLEDGE and the #VisibleWikiWomen Campaign

HOW TO ASK IMAGE DONATION

HOW TO ADD THE IMAGES

How to find images on the internet to illustrate Wikipedia