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

[Frieda Werden]

http://feministbook.blogspot.com/2006/12/women-and-children-first.html
Here's my review of the book.

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> No problem! It's nice that we have such widespread support from feminists
> living in Eastern Canada and in the US.
>
> What was the other book you read, Frieda?
>
> On Dec 28, 2011, at 7:09 PM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Joanna - I liked the other Landsberg book I read very much.
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 5:09 AM, Joanna Chiu < <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
> chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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>
>> 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>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
>> <http://wamvancouver.wordpress.com/>wamvancouver.wordpress.com and our
>> Twitter is @wamvancity. <http://twitter.com/#%21/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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>>
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