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

[Natalie Hill]

Last year when I was working for the We Can End All Violence Against Women
campaign, I helped assemble their Youth Again Violence manual.

It addresses VAW generally, the root causes (gender inequality, sexist/rape
culture, power imbalances, etc) and the role the media plays.  I wrote the
chapters on media and technology.

If you go here: wecanbc.ca/resources/youth and then download the section of
the manual called "Knowing It: Learn about the Issues" (click on that
title) you'll get a PDF of that section of the manual.  Scroll through and
you'll see all the content  about the media and then about technology, new
media and the internet (and how it intersects with VAW).

It's a  really great resource.  includes activities for students to do
(basically lesson plans to do in a school setting).  the whole manual is a
great thing.

if i do say so myself :P

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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