As a former encyclopedia editor, I love the fact that I can pull up Wikipedia at any moment and make it better, especially by improving its coverage of women. At my first art+feminism editathon, at MOMA in 2015, I learned of the artist Shimada Yoshiko, who is responsible for some of those statues of “comfort women,” and created an article about her. Last year I participated in the art+feminism event at the University of Michigan Library, creating or enhancing entries about Japanese women manga artists. This year we participated in Ada Lovelace Day, increasing and enhancing the coverage of women scientists. My handle on Wikipedia is Nihon Bungaku (meaning “Japanese literature,” which I haven’t yet gotten around to doing anything about!). I encourage you to create an account and start editing.

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