Elevatorgate
What was Elevatorgate?
Sum it up fairly here people!
It will be next to impossible to sum it up in a way that appears fair to all parties. Let us then decide that this page will attempt to take a neutral point of view, and will defer to external websites as sources of different opinions on the matter. This page will attempt to provide an objective and accurate description of events, without making subjective or speculative judgments about those events. It is fine to post the opinion of some source, but the source must be referenced as a primary source (e.g. with an external link directly to the source of the opinion.
From Freethought Kampala
Elevatorgate is the unprecedented internet war that erupted after Rebecca Watson posted a video in which she discussed an ordeal she experienced in an elevator while attending the World Atheist Convention which took place in Dublin, Ireland, from June 3rd to June 5th, 2011. During the months of July and August 2011, the atheist-skeptic blogosphere was ablaze with accusations, counter-accusations, verbal fights, moral declarations and insults as hundreds of bloggers and millions of their readers tried to determine whose assessment of the events narrated by Watson best represented the facts at hand. What also came under much discussion, and perhaps the crux of Elevatorgate, was Watson’s conduct after posting the initial video, particularly her treatment of a female student called Stef McGraw – and the manner in which dissenting opinions were dismissed as being products of misogyny and sexism.
External Links
This post (http://freethoughtkampala.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/elevatorgate/) contains a very thorough history of Elevator Gate, including various branchings of the dispute.
The following links are in chronological order by day (but probably mixed up within day)[1].
06-20 About Mythbusters, Robot Eyes, Feminism, and Jokes (Rebecca Watson)
06-21 Rose Responds and takes on sexism in the atheist community
06-22 Fursdays wif Stef #32 (Stef McGraw)
06-28 On naming names at the CFI student leadership conference (Rebecca Watson)
06-28 Extra, Extra, Read All About It: Rebeccawatsongate Shakes Atheism To Its Core! (Plasma)
06-29 Fursdays wif Stef #33 (Stef McGraw)
07-01 Bad form, Rebecca Watson (ERV)
07-02 On sexism, objectivication, and power (Barbara Drescher, ICBS Everywhere)
07-02 Always name names! (PZ Myers)
07-02 A storm in a blog teacup, or how Stef McGraw spectaculary missed the point (Furious Purpose)
07-02 Rebecca Watson, Barbara Drescher and the Elevator Guy (Greg Laden)
07-02 Richard Dawkins, your privilege is showing (Jen McCreight, Blag Hag)
07-03 The decent human being's guide to getting laid at atheist conferences (PZ Myers)
07-03 The Female Skeptic In The Mirror (Ain't The Same As The Female Skeptic On The Wall) (PodBlack Cat)
07-03 Oh, no, not again ... once more unto the breach (PZ Myers)
07-03 Tweet by PZ Myers
07-03 Shut up about everything all the time unless what you have to say is HITLER!!!! (Greg Laden)
07-03 The Decent Human Beings' Guide to Speaking at Atheist Conferences (ERV)
07-04 Ladies, Richard Dawkins knows how to protect you from being raped in an elevator (Greg Laden)
07-04 Rebecca Watson Sucks at Reading Minds (Stephanie Zvan, Almost Diamonds)
07-04 A priest and a rabbi go into an elevator and ... (Ophelia Benson, B&W)
07-04 Skepchick Blues (The Tim Channel)
07-07 Because of the implication (Amanda Marcotte)
07-05 Women in Elevators: A Man to Man Talk for the Menz (Greg Laden)
07-05 The Privilege Delusion (Rebecca Watson)
07-05 Getting and not getting (Ophelia Benson B&W)
07-05 Greg Laden should apologize to Richard Dawkins (For the sake of science)
07-05 Why Feminism in Skepticism is Now More Important than Ever (Steve Thoms)
07-05 A Letter to Professor Dawkins from Victims of Sexual Assault
07-05 A letter to Richard Dawkins from Victims of Sexual Assault (Bug Girl)
07-05 Richard Dawkins and Male Privilege (Phil Plait)
07-06 The Religion Delusion - Welcome to the Feminist Fold, Atheist Women (Isis)
07-06 Dear Richard Dawkins: You Do Not Know What It's Like to Live in Fear (Dana Hunter)
