[Wamvan] Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?

[Sharon Haywood]

Awesome! Let's tweet and retweet - the more noise we make the better!


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Many of those people are WAM-connected. Hurray! Thanks for sharing,
> Sharon!
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Sharon Haywood <haywood.sharon at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> It's somewhat encouraging to see the tweets related to DiManno's article:
>>
>>
>> https://twitter.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Fcity_hall%2F2013%2F04%2F09%2Fsexual_assault_case_involving_four_female_suspects_a_bizarre_anomaly.html
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Sharon Haywood <
>> haywood.sharon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a Twitter list with all of the WAVan members? It would be good
>>> for us to mobilize our efforts on that platform ....
>>>
>>> And Candace, I have no problem accessing WAMVan's Twitter page. Try
>>> clearing your cache. Here's the link:
>>>
>>> https://twitter.com/wamvancity
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Candace <cancou at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wow, this case is pretty disturbing. Thanks everyone for sharing.
>>>>
>>>> Joanna, I can't seem to access the Twitter page. It starts to load and
>>>> then says "sorry, that page does not exist...". Did anyone else have this
>>>> problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Candace
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 2013-04-10, at 2:59 AM, "Chiu.joanna5" <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks! I like yours better!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from Samsung Mobile
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sharon Haywood <sharon at adiosbarbie.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Joanna! I've tweeted @Sharon_Haywood:
>>>>
>>>> Editors of @*StarGTANews* <https://twitter.com/StarGTANews>: Guys get
>>>> sexually assaulted too: http://bit.ly/YiSbGX  <http://t.co/8hPJoHjNU7>Media coverage that makes it a joke only adds to the stigma
>>>>
>>>> Assault is assault. Unacceptable that @*StarGTANews*<https://twitter.com/StarGTANews>turned sexual assault of a man into a joke
>>>> http://fb.me/2tzyqf85Z  <http://t.co/prPZgnIf7e> via @*wamvancity*<https://twitter.com/wamvancity>PLS RT
>>>>
>>>> Hope we can gain some traction on social media ....
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:14 AM, <wamvan-request at lists.resist.ca>wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>    1. Re: Awful coverage of sexual assault against men: thoughts?
>>>>>       (Joanna Chiu)
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>>>>> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:13:40 +0800
>>>>> From: Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "wamvan at lists.resist.ca" <wamvan at lists.resist.ca>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Wamvan] Awful coverage of sexual assault against men:
>>>>>         thoughts?
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>>>>> Hi, here is the Facebook post:
>>>>>
>>>>> Please write to editors of this Toronto Star article (and others)
>>>>> making a
>>>>> sexual assault of a 19-year-old man into a joke.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/04/09/sexual_assault_case_involving_four_female_suspects_a_bizarre_anomaly.htmlResource
>>>>> on myths about sexual assault against men here
>>>>>
>>>>> http://aasas.ca/index.php/main/page/guys-are-sexually-assaulted-too-2010-09-22-13-09-48
>>>>>
>>>>> And a quick way to reach editors without writing a formal letter is on
>>>>> Twitter. Bigger and mid-sized media companies usually have dedicated
>>>>> social
>>>>> media managers that monitor reader responses to their articles.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's @wamvancity's tweet. Please RT! We're at
>>>>> https://twitter.com/wamvancity
>>>>>
>>>>> Please write to editors of @StarGTANews <
>>>>> https://twitter.com/StarGTANews> who
>>>>> made a sexual assault of a 19-year-old man into a joke
>>>>> #rapemyths<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23rapemyths>
>>>>>  http://fb.me/2tzyqf85Z
>>>>>
>>>>>
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