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

[Natalie Hill]

they also have a similar in-depth resource guide for violence in aboriginal
communities:


http://wecanbc.ca/resources/aboriginal-communites


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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