2017 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Doubles Entries Of Women Artists

Editors at work at the 2016 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at the Museum of Modern Art. Courtesy of Marily Konstantinopoulou via Wikimedia Commons.

The fourth annual 2017 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon happened in over 200 events held around the world in March 2017. Over 2,500 global participants edited the inclusion of over 6,500 women artists with new or expanded Wiki entries. Created after a 2011 survey confirmed that less than 10 percent of Wikipedia contributors were women, the 2017 events nearly doubled the impact of the 2016 campaign. 

“We were heartened by the response to our call to arms to fight against disinformation and fake news with facts,” Art+Feminism organizers Siân Evans, Jacqueline Mabey, McKensie Mack, and Michael Mandiberg told ArtNet News. “We continue to be inspired by all the dedicated folks who make room in their busy schedules to share skills and improve a collectively held resource like Wikipedia.”

Among the new entries in Wikipedia are Hannah Black, who called for Dana Schutz's 'Open Casket', the Emmett Till painting at the center of the 2017 Whitney Biennial controversy, to be destroyed.

Burgers Not Boobs | Carl's Jr. & Hardees Go Back To Mad Men Days

Trump Labor Secretary candidate Andy Puzder was defeated before Congress, after humiliating testimony about his alleged sexual assaults on his wife became public. Puzder also packed up his bags and left his position as CEO of CKE Restaurants, parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, home to the infamous Carl's Jr. babes with boobs ads. 

It's not the case that President Trump's pussy-grabbing proclamations of his love and respect for women are the sole reason driving a fresh marketing approach at Carl's Jr. America's fast food industry is losing customers to -- quality food. Indeed, chowing down on babes with boobs may fill one part of a frat boys needs, but it's no longer the whole story. 

Dad is back. The campaign is great but we must remember that dad had a few of his own issues. Think 'Mad Men' and the second wave of feminism.