[Wamvan] My report on SlutWalk for the Georgia Straight

[Frieda Werden]

No, I was in Vancouver, but I was just working my butt off to try to get
four extra weeks of radio shows finished so I can leave town for 22 days.

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> --
>>> Joanna Chiu
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
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> Joanna Chiu
>
> Freelance Writer
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> twitter.com/joannachiu
>
> Founder, WAM! Vancouver
> wamvancouver.wordpress.com
> twitter.com/wamvancity
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