[Wamvan] WAM! Vancouver in Michele Landsberg's book, Writing the Revolution

[Joanna Chiu]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let y'all know that WAM! Vancouver got a nice plug in
Canadian feminist journalist Michele Landsberg's new book, Writing the
Revolution.

In the book, Landsberg reflects on the 3000 columns on feminism she wrote
for the Toronto Star since 1978 and presents her analysis of trends and
developments in the Canadian women's movement. I'd highly recommend it.
What a way to learn about the history of intersections between feminist
issues and the media (the book focuses on Canadian media, which hasn't been
analyzed nearly as in depth through a feminist lens as American media):
http://secondstorypress.ca/books/228-writing-the-revolution

WAM! Vancouver got a mention on p. 37. Quoted with some context here:

"Preparing this book, I began to keep track of feminist-focused activism
wherever I could find it, especially among the young. My findings were
amazing. Canada is buzzing with youthful feminist activism, now that a
decade of conservative values has eroded our gains....In Toronto...In
Quebec...In Vancouver, the dynamic WAM! (Women and Media) [sic] conference
met for the first time in 2011, exploring and challenging the role,
portrayal and career possibilities of women in the media."

This is very exciting as WAM! Vancouver is gearing up for our second annual
conference, with the theme of "Uprising" on the intersections between
social justice movements, global revolutions, feminism and the media. The
conference will take place in late March. Stay tuned for more details or
contact us at wamvancouver at gmail.com if you can offer your support in any
way. We'd love to find ways to collaborate with other WAM! members and
chapters in the new year.

Our website (pending reconstruction) is wamvancouver.wordpress.com and our
Twitter is @wamvancity. <http://twitter.com/#!/wamvancity>

If any Canadians on the main WAM! listserv are interested in joining our
listserv, too, we are accepting members from across Canada since we are the
only Canadian chapter at this point. The application form is on our
website.

Thanks!

Joanna

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Joanna Chiu

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Ph: 917 767 6145
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