User:Megalibrarygirl

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Megalibrarygirl

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Stronger together!
Name	Susan (Sue) Barnum
Born	(1975-02-05) February 5, 1975 (age 50) Cleveland, Ohio
Country	USA
Current location	El Paso, Texas
Time zone	MST
Ethnicity	Irish/Swedish
Race	is a construct
Height	5' 8"
Weight	ha!
Hair	Light Brown
Eyes	Blue
Sexuality	Queer and Demi
Family and friends
Children	Two
Education and employment
Occupation	Librarian
High school	Valley Forge High School
College	Cleveland Institute of Art
University	University of North Texas
Hobbies, interests, and beliefs
Hobbies	Reading, writing, hiking, swimming, video games, design and mixed media art
Religion	Atheist
Politics	That radicalized leftist your mother warned you about.
Interests
Scientific skepticism, Libraries, El Paso, Texas history, LGBTQ, information science, digital libraries, gaming, atheism, Women's history, stuff
Contact info
Blog	https://www.newspapers.com/profile/megalibrarygirl/clippings/1
Email	megalibrarygirlgmail.com

Welcome to my Wikipedia User page! I'm Susan (Sue) Barnum a librarian from El Paso, Texas. I'm solidly anti-racist, pro-LGBTQ+, and believe feminism is for everyone. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and a Masters of Library and Information Science. I'm an atheist, which only tells you that I'm not convinced there's a god, but I was raised Catholic. I live with my kids and am owned by my dogs.

COI Statement

I'm a librarian and I will add information and links to articles about libraries and those who work at libraries. However, I will not edit articles about any institution that I personally work for. I will also generally write about local areas of my city, El Paso, and state of Texas, but I am not compensated for anything I write on Wikipedia.

Working on articles about women

I started to become very interested in working on articles about women for several reasons. One was that I was appalled that less than 16% of all biographies on Wikipedia were about women. I wanted to help. I became involved in Women in Red to help and have enjoyed the supportive and fun atmosphere of the project so much.

I have been focusing very heavily on the Women's suffrage in the United States articles because that movement is interesting to me.

Some of my focus is on local women from El Paso, Texas. I am friends with some local historians and they tell me about interesting women who need articles on Wikipedia. It's cool to find out about these people and learn a little more about the history of my city.

"Life does not accommodate you; it shatters you. Every seed destroys its container, or else there would be no fruition.”

"Just think about (this): The Civil War lasted four years; the women's suffrage movement - conservatively defined - lasted 72. How many books and films are there about the Civil War (and) how many books and films are there about the women's suffrage movement?"

-- Katherine Durack (from interview here)

"Women staged one of the longest social reform movements in the history of the United States. This is not a boring history of nagging spinsters; it is a badass history of revolution staged by political geniuses." --Kate Clarke Lemay (from The Week).

(If only reform was enough!)

Meta

I am a member of the WikiWomen's User Group and the Wikipedia Library User Group. In 2017, I attended WMCON 2017.

I also host editathons in El Paso, Texas. If you are local, come to one! (El Paso, TX editathons)

Gender gap

• Wikipedia Gender Indicators (WIGI)
• Women's Media Center (WMC) 2015 report

Links

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 14 years and 7 months.

It is approximately 4:36 AM where this user lives.

This user loves dogs.

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This user contributes to Wikipedia Asian Month.

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This user's editing philosophy: Contribute, let go...

This user supports renewable energy.

This user enjoys gardening.

This editor has been awarded the Wiki Loves Women's #15 Challenge Winner Barnstar

This user lives in the U.S. State of Texas.

This user is from El Paso.

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This user is a member of the Mexican-American task force.

Participant: Women in Red September 2018 achievements

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This user is a librarian.

	This user believes the cake is a lie!

This user is a Doctor Who fan.

This user is a recipient of the Editor of the Week award.

Participant: Women in Red August 2018 achievements