[Wamvan] My report on SlutWalk for the Georgia Straight

[Farida Hussain]

Nicely done,
Joanna, I didn't attend the walk - thanks for describing who all came
and what they
said. I like that you began with the "What to wear to slutwalk"
consideration - must have been on at least a few people's minds.

One question that I always have when reporting on these sort of events is
"how many came?" you reported 2000 - was wondering if that is just a
ballpark figure frm your own estimation, or if you got that number from an
organizer, or was there some sort of sign-up sheet/ registration table where
you got that number?



On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I attended SlutWalk Vancouver yesterday as a reporter for the Georgia
> Straight. I've been following the debates about SlutWalk on the web, and
> I've been raring to write a response but I wanted to wait until I attended
> SlutWalk Vancouver.
>
> Just as I expected, the walk itself responded to all the criticisms I've
> heard about SlutWalk.
>
> Here's my report. Please check it out and let me know what you think:
> http://www.straight.com/article-392947/vancouver/slutwalk-vancouver-raises-bar-movement-against-victimblaming
>
> As other WAM members have pointed out, SlutWalks are grassroots events that
> organize independently in each city. While Vancouver's organizing team did
> an amazing job of thoughtfully unpacking the word "slut," integrating
> diversity into every aspect of the event (in a non-tokenistic way), and
> addressing complex topics like sex work and transphobia head on, I can't say
> that this is true for every SlutWalk in every city because I've only
> attended Vancouver's SlutWalk.
>
> If you have had a chance to attend a SlutWalk in another city, please let
> us know what you thought of it.
>
> I would encourage anyone who attended SlutWalk yesterday to produce media
> about it (whether that's blogging, releasing photos or videos, etc.). The
> mainstream media's coverage of SlutWalk Toronto's event was awful and
> superficial, but as the dialogue is developing and more feminist journalists
> are stepping in, the coverage is becoming more intelligent and nuanced (even
> when feminist journalists do not fully support SlutWalk).
>
> Thank you for all your work!
>
> Joanna
>
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UBC Graduate School of Journalism
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