[Wamvan] My report on SlutWalk for the Georgia Straight

[Joanna Chiu]

News 1130 was there, Fairchild Radio was there, and a whole host of other
networks. Did anyone else from WAM cover the event? You were out of town
right, Frieda?



On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>wrote:

> Did anyone do any radio coverage?
>
> 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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>> Joanna Chiu
>>
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>>
>> Founder, WAM! Vancouver
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>>
>>
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Joanna Chiu

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Founder, WAM! Vancouver
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