#GAReads | 'A woman': Wikipedia page records trials and achievements of invisible women
“'A woman': Wikipedia page records trials and achievements of invisible women”:
Building on the success of the hashtag #unefemme (a woman), which aims to call out everyday sexism in the media, a satirical Wikipedia page in French has begun recording the many accomplishments of women lumped together in news headlines under the anonymous label “a woman”.
It’s been a busy month of June for “a woman”, rich in thrills, debuts and promotions, judging by headlines in the French press.
A week after taking charge of France’s aviation academy, “a woman” piloted her first stealth aircraft into combat on June 12, the same day she was appointed head of NASA’s human spaceflight programme. Somehow, “a woman” still found time to lead a fire brigade in France’s rural Creuse department, preside over a Swiss cancer charity, become the world’s best paid executive and win the “young economist of the year” award, while also brewing “green tea-flavoured beer, 100% Catalan.”
These are just a sample of the most recent news headlines that defined their subjects as “a woman”, without naming them.