Posts Tagged ‘bridal gown’
Wedding etiquette torn down by one of the most popular advice columnists in the world. I’m impressed.
Emily Yoffe, the Ask Prudence advice communist for Slate, recently did a podcast in which people were able to ask questions about wedding etiquette via the telephone as part of Slate’s wedding issue. Yoffe tends to lean toward tradition and formality, which differs from my natural inclinations, but I found myself both in agreement and…
Read MoreDoes Wikipedia have a a woman problem or do women have a Wikipedia problem?
Torie Bosch of Slate wrote a piece about a recent debate on Wikipedia over the validity of an entry on Kate Middleton’s bridal gown as a means of illustrating the gender gap that exists amongst Wikipedia’s citizen editors. Only 9 percent of Wiki editors are female, which is actually an improvement over recent years but…
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