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

D Dykeman ddykeman at shaw.ca
Mon Apr 9 22:45:10 PDT 2012 

Both, but Aisha, Billie (filmmaker), Leah (Canadian, writer/performer) etc. would be good contacts for you . . . best, DD.

----- Original Message -----
From: Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, April 9, 2012 9:48 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! Do you mean the people tagged in the note, or people 
> involved with
> the Allied Media Conference? Or both?
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Joanna
> 
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:36 AM, D Dykeman 
> <ddykeman at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> > 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
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> > > <http://twitter.com/joannachiu>
> > >
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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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