Talk:Who Needs Feminism?

proposed outline

October 22, 2015 WIkipedia outline – who needs feminism

1. opening Statement

    A.	Social media photo campaign
             i.	Photo examples
    B.	Duke Students
    C.	2012
    D.	Tumblr was most successful media source but also used:
             i.	Facebook
            ii.	Twitter
    E.	Received worldwide attention and large online response

2. Origin

    A.	16 Duke students in Dr. Rachel Seidman’s “Women in The Public Sphere: History, Theory and Practice” class
    B.	Reasons for creation
             i.	Address misconception seen on Duke’s campus about the feminist movement
            ii.	Stated in an interview with GOOD magazine, “to address relevance of feminism to all different types of people” (source 5)
            iii.	On their website – “to explain what feminism is by allowing everyone to create their own definition” (source 1)
           iv.	Promote the topic on the Duke campus
    C.	Outreach
             i.	Posters of people holding up whiteboards – “I need feminism…”
                    1.	Showing that there isn’t a “typical feminist”
            ii.	OP-ED piece for Duke’s newspaper, “The Chronicle”
            iii.	Social Media
                    1.	Facebook
                            a.	Statistics/link
                    2.	Twitter
                            a.	Statistics/link
                    3.	Tumblr
                            a.	Statistics/link

3. Reactions

    A.	Sparked interest
             i.	many colleges participated in campaign
    B.	Sparked backlash
             i.	“anti” posters put up around Duke campus
            ii.	“Women against Feminism” (link to source 4)
                    1.	“I don’t need feminism…” posters (sources 4 & 5)
                            a.	picture examples

4. Spread

    A.	Other institutions now involved
    B.	“start-up guide” (link to source 1 – how to get started)
    C.	More Tumblr pages

5. updates since 2012

    A.	Website updates
             i.	“what we do”
            ii.	“where we stand”

6. Contact

    A.	whoneedsfeminism@gmail.com

Mackenzi Otto 00:12, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Proposed Changes

In the opening statements, we plan to add examples of the social media photo campaign. We also plan to add information about Facebook and Twitter in this section. Under origin, we plan to add reasons for why the campaign was created. New information for this section includes information from the campaign’s website about their definition of feminism, pieces from an article in GOOD magazine, and information about misconceptions of the feminist movement among Duke’s campus at the time. Another section under origin will be added involving the campaign’s methods of outreach. The different methods include posters posted around their campus, a piece in the school’s newspaper, and social media. The social media section will provide links to their Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. Under the reactions section, we will add that the campaign sparked interest to other colleges and led them to join in on the program. We will also add the heavy amounts of backlash were sparked, including the group, “Women against Feminism.” Picture examples from this group and an explanation of their thought processes will also be discussed. Under spread, a link will be added to the “Who Needs Feminism” website that talks about how to become a part of the campaign. A whole new heading will be added labeled, “Updates Since 2012.” This heading will include details on two new sections that are under construction on their website. Contact information to the program will also be provided.

JoelGiffin (talk) 00:14, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Top pic in article

That pic looks terrible. Unless this article is going for some crazed appearance like some rag journal. 'Course maybe this article isn't meant to be serious and I apologize since the more I think about, this whole article does seem rather jokey! --MurderByDeadcopy^"bang!" 17:57, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Adding - the pic looks fine on their web site so it must be the stuffiness of Wikipedia that makes it come across this way to me! FYI - Wikipedia ought to hire some real graphic designers to update their outdated look. I, however, won't be holding my breath on that one! --MurderByDeadcopy^"bang!" 18:13, 16 November 2015 (UTC)