[Wamvan] Sexist coverage of Steenkamp murder--discuss!

[Jarrah]

I loved Alessa's comment.

This piece by Marina Hyde in The Guardian also addresses the coverage -
apparently The Vancouver Sun wasn't the only one to focus on Reeva
Steenkamp's looks:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/15/reeva-steenkamp-body-on-front-page


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Alessa, one of WAM! Vancouver members, posted this on her facebook, and
> said it's okay for me to share her comment with you all. I'd like to hear
> what other WAMmers think. Are bikini photos and characterization of
> Steenkamp as a "blonde with brains" acceptable in coverage of her murder
> case?
>
> Alessa: "Hello newspapers across the globe: When a woman has been brutally
> murdered by her boyfriend, DO NOT make the story about how hot she is and
> then post lots of accompanying bikini photos. The story is about violence
> against women, period.
> It's beyond tasteless. Murder stories are not sexy."
>
> http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Photos+Slain+bombshell+Reeva+Steenkamp+Oscar+Pistorius+girlfriend+
> <http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Photos+Slain+bombshell+Reeva+Steenkamp+Oscar+Pistorius+girlfriend+model+activist+school+graduate/7965586/story.html>
> Thanks Alessa for bringing this to discussion!
>
> Joanna
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