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

[Joanna Chiu]

Not just Vancouver Sun at all. It's been media across the board. I think
this AP story is one of the worst. And it's a wire story! The lead starts
with a defense of the accused, and then:

"Linked to a number of women by the South African media, Pistorius and
Steenkamp were first seen together publicly in November. She was named one
of the world’s 100 Sexiest Women for two years running by the men’s
magazine FHM.

The leggy blonde with a law degree also appeared in international and South
African ads and was a celebrity contestant on “Tropika Island of Treasure,”
a South African reality show filmed in Jamaica."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/police-double-amputee-olympian-oscar-pistorius-involved-in-shooting-at-home-woman-dead/2013/02/14/26860c76-767b-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story_1.html


I'm so pissed, and so glad there's a WAM community to turn to in moments
like this.


On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Jarrah <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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