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

Tue Apr 10 13:24:33 PDT 2012

Hi, Joanna, et al.,

Girl Gang is curating a panel discussion following the April 21, 4pm
screening of Miss Representation at the Projecting Change Film Festival.
The film explores mainstream media’s contribution to the
under-representation of women in influential positions by circulating
limited and often disparaging portrayals of women. It's not a far leap to
see how such portrayals contribute to rape culture as well.

I can keep you in the loop as we confirm speakers, several of whom could be
interesting interviews for you. Or would be able to connect you with others.

As well, the theatre is likely to be filled with many other great contacts,
and there'll be an opportunity after the panel to mingle and booze at W2;
this may also be a good place to network.

Just some thoughts...

Good luck! Big ups for BWSS!
Hilary

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On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Syahidah Ismail <
nursyahidah.ismail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Joanna,
>
> I'm part of an editorial collective for a zine (we're called Margins) for
> and by self-identified Indigeneous women, women of color and gender-queer
> and trans women. As such, I'm connected to many amazing self-identified
> women of color activists/media makers - if you wanted to talk to a specific
> 'kind' of media maker/activist, I can try to connect you with them.
>
> - Syah
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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 creating
>> their 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
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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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>
> --
> Syahidah Ismail
>
> B.A. Psychology
> B.A. Women and Gender Studies
>
> University of British Columbia (Class of 2011)
> Vancouver B.C., Canada
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