[Wamvan] My report on SlutWalk for the Georgia Straight

[Frieda Werden]

Cool!

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:47 AM, E J <the.xenophiles.violin at gmail.com>wrote:

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