[Wamvan] Help please! Tips/resources needed for BWSS blog campaign to promote media literacy and awareness of rape culture in the media!

[Joanna Chiu]

>
> Dear all,
>
> Next week, from April 15-21, I will be guest-blogging for Battered
> Women's Support Service <http://www.bwss.org/>s during Prevention of
> Violence Against Women week. My goal is to provide a wealth of information
> and inspiration about how to harness the power of the media to end violence
> against women and girls, and to spread awareness about how rape culture is
> perpetuated in the media.
>
> The name of the campaign is "How Does She Resist?: Resisting Media
> Representations to End Violence Against Girls and Women" (Promotional
> poster attached)
>
> Blog topics will include how to identify and resist against oppressive
> media representations of Indigenous women, women of color, women with
> disabilities, survivors of domestic and sexual violence...and women and
> girls in general.
>
> Last year, the BWSS' anti-violence blog campaign reached tens of thousands
> of new readers, so I want to do my best to take advantage of this
> opportunity. The resources I discuss need to be as accessible as possible
> in order to reach readers who may not identify as feminist or who may not
> have experience creating media or doing media analysis.
>
> The problem is that I am struggling to find simple, accessible information
> on terms like "rape culture" and "anti-oppression," and progressive-minded
> resources/tutorials on writing op-eds, blogging, making zines, starting
> petitions, writing letters to the editor, etc.
>
> If WAMmers can please send me links to your favorite resources and
> teaching materials, I would really appreciate it!
>
> I am also looking to quote a variety of media makers and media activists
> in my blog posts, so if you would like to share your personalized insights
> and tips with me, that would be great! We could talk over email or on the
> phone.
>
> And lastly, the BWSS would welcome any cross-postings or linking to the
> blog posts to help us reach a wider audience. I'll send out my blog posts
> to the WAM! Vancouver list next week, so please feel free to redistribute
> them in full, with credit and a link back to BWSS blog<http://www.bwss.org/>
> .
>
> If you have any questions or would like to chat on the phone, my number's 917
> 767 6145.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joanna
>
> --
> Joanna Chiu
>
> www.joannachiu.com <http://www.joannachiu.com%20>
> twitter.com/joannachiu
> Ph: 917 767 6145
> WAM! Vancouver <http://www.wamvancouver.wordpress.com%20>
> <http://twitter.com/joannachiu>
>
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