[Wamvan] My report on SlutWalk for the Georgia Straight

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Vancouver Co-op Radio was there too...I was interviewed for it! :)

Elyse


On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Frieda Werden <frieda.werden at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>>>>
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>>>> Joanna Chiu
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Founder, WAM! Vancouver
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>>>>
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>>
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>> twitter.com/joannachiu
>>
>> Founder, WAM! Vancouver
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>> twitter.com/wamvancity
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