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

Mon Apr 9 21:36:22 PDT 2012

Any of these (US) women organizers would be great activist contacts . . . https://www.facebook.com/notes/aishah-hils/creating-collective-access-2012-needs-your-help/10150710370044642

----- Original Message -----
From: Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, April 9, 2012 9:08 pm
Subject: Re: [Wamvan] Help please! Tips/resources needed for BWSS blog campaign to promote media literacy and awareness of rape culture in the media!
To: wamvan at lists.resist.ca

> Thanks everyone for the great advice and resources! Hope you 
> won't mind me
> sending out private emails with follow-up questions.
> 
> If people come across other resources this week, please keep 
> sending them
> along! And if you have suggestions on media makers/activists I could
> interview, please let me know, too!
> 
> Right now, I'm especially looking to talk to: self-identified 
> women of
> colour media makers/activists, Indigenous activists/media 
> makers, survivors
> of sexual assault and allies who resist against rape culture by 
> creatingtheir own media, and women with disabilities who raise 
> awareness about how
> women with disabilities face disproportionate levels of violence.
> 
> I'll send out the blog posts starting Sunday, and feel free to 
> reblog them
> anywhere and to provide critical feedback.
> 
> Joanna
> 
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 5:10 AM, Frieda Werden 
> <frieda.werden at gmail.com>wrote:
> > Don't forget to mention opportunities to appear on community radio
> > stations such as CJSF-FM in Burnaby, Vancouver Coop Radio in 
> downtown> Vancouver, and CITR at UBC.  You can usually get 
> an opportunity to discuss
> > your issue in depth and reach a broad, general audience as 
> well as devotees
> > of feminist programs like Intra-Venus and The F Word.  
> These stations also
> > broadcast short public service announcements and will work 
> with you to
> > produce them and tailor them to your needs.  The 
> announcements (and
> > interviews) can be linked to websites and offered to other 
> radio outlets,
> > too.
> >
> > 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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> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Frieda Werden, Series Producer
> > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org
> > <http://www.wings.org>
> > https://www.facebook.com/wingsradio
> >
> >
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> 
> 
> -- 
> 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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