[Wamvan] Mark your calendars - Monday Media MUTINNNNY! January 21

[Joanna Chiu]

Here are the minutes from our December Rhizome social, where we discussed
the action items that Natalie summarized in her first email. If you
attended the social and volunteered to take on a task, the tasks are noted
in the minutes.

Let us know if you have any questions, and please keep sending more of your
ideas for discussion on the listserv! Each MEDIA MUTINY gathering will
focus on taking a concrete action, but there'll be plenty of social time to
chat about other action ideas and to discuss all kinds of media + feminism
topics as well!

ACTION IDEAS:

1) Idea from Rebecca-To organize petition or campaign against local
restaurants using sexist advertising, such as the Shark Club

Group feedback: To use one of the monthly meetings to discuss problems with
advertising in general in Vancouver, such as presentation of sex-related
ads at the back of the Georgia Straight, and to share ideas on how to
effectively write letters to the editors and op-eds. Jennifer shared
anecdote of how she wrote letters to Lululemon about a misogynist song they
included on their website's playlist, and successfully got them to
apologize and take down the song.

Action: Organizers will arrange a meeting to go over advertising, op-eds
and letters to the editor

2) Idea from Jill: Organize a flash mob dance on Feb. 14, as part of "One
Billion Rising Campaign." (campaign on violence against women:
http://onebillionrising.org/)

Group feedback: Likes idea as example of easy action to accomplish, but
should contact annual DTES Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women
organizers to make sure they're okay with it, and then to decide where to
hold the flash mob.

Action: Jill will contact Memorial March organizers to discuss, and if ok,
Jill will help coordinate flash mob

3) Idea from Jana G (via email): Organizing a Women's Day event (Friday,
March 8)

Group feedback: Ok to think of a small event to hold, but important to help
promote Women's Day events already organized by other local groups because
they don't get enough public support.

Action: WAM!Van organizers will compile list and post on WAM!Can website to
share via social media

Possible Action: Create a poster of events to distribute

4) Idea from Candace-Organize and facilitate media literacy workshops for
youth

Group feedback: Had discussion about gender stereotypes in media, work of
Laura Mulvey and Jean Kilbourne, agreed that important work WAM! can do is
promote media literacy among youth. Agreed that this is a longer term
project. Might be able to do something small around WAM! It Yourself week.
Attendees said that because WIY week falls around Easter and end of college
semester, people will be busy.

Action: Candace will speak with Jill to brainstorm ideas on workshop;
Organizers will discuss whether to hold event on WIY week.

5) Idea from Alia: Create book about personal stories about gender and the
media (all topics covered by WAM!)

Group feedback: Discussed which format book could take (online series,
zine, actual printed book?) Would WAM!Can website support a platform for
this project? How would we go about collecting and editing stories? Concern
about resources and time needed for project.

Action: Ask Jaclyn about WAM! Can website and options to present stories;
find editor(s) willing to take on this project

6) Idea from Jarrah: Provide watchdogging and media advisories about sexist
coverage of female politicians during upcoming election in BC

Group feedback: Really liked idea of issuing a media advisory beforehand to
local media so we're proactive so we're not just reacting to sexist
coverage. Advisory will point out what to avoid doing, and how to not hold
female politicians to different standards. Discussed people calling Christy
Clark a MILK. Discussed whether to use illustration satirically making fun
of Stephen Harper's hairstyle and clothes.

Action: Will plan an upcoming monthly meeting to create media advisory and
decide how to play watchdog role

7) Idea from Frieda: Support more women filmmakers, and films with feminist
relevance. Should contact VIFF to thank them for having a feature on
women's films.

Group feedback: Would be great and easy to organize more socials for WAM!
members and others to watch films during film festivals, such as VIFF.

Action: Will keep track of film showings in Vancouver and organize socials
to watch them together. Assign someone to contact VIFF and other festival
organizers.

8) Idea from Alia: Use website to show gratitude for media, companies and
organizations doing good work on advancing justice in the media; a girlcott
(opposite of boycott)

Group feedback: Liked idea of recognizing positive actions in community

Action: Publicize project among WAM! community and devote section on WAM!
Vancouver website to thank organizations

9) Idea from Jarrah: Mimic "About Face" <http://www.about-face.org/> body
image campaign where they put "You're beautiful" stickers on objectifying
ads, store changerooms, etc.

Group feedback: Would be fun for members to do around city; make sure
stickers can be pulled off so we're not vandalizing. Can have other
phrases, like "I was photoshopped"

Action: Organizers look into how to make stickers; see if we can organize a
monthly meeting to create stickers with different phrases

10) Other potential targets for actions: MRAs and Fresh magazine (magazine
that heavily promotes plastic surgery)

Actions: Think more about what to do about MRAs (discussion didn't lead to
concrete actions, because unsure about whether recognizing them would be
doing them a service). Look into who publishes Fresh magazine. Consider
doing a satirical version of the magazine.


On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:18 PM, E J <the.xenophiles.violin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd kind of like to keep it on a consistent day for now, unless there are
> a sizable number of interested people who can't make Monday nights. It'll
> be easier for everyone to remember when it's happening if it's on the same
> day every month.
>
> Can't wait for the first event! This is going to be so much fun!
>
> Elyse
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:30 AM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> So exciting! I will email out the list of other action ideas we
>> brainstormed last month at the social, too.
>>
>> A few people have also suggested alternating meetings with the third
>> Wednesday of the month. Do people think that would work?
>>
>> Joanna
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> from our good friend, wikipedia:
>> *
>> *
>>
>>> *Mutiny is a conspiracy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_%28crime%29> among
>>> members of a group of similarly situated individuals ... to openly
>>> oppose, change or overthrow an authority to which they are subject. The
>>> term is commonly used for a rebellion<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion> among
>>> members of the military against their superior officer(s), but can also
>>> occasionally refer to any type of rebellion against an authority figure.
>>> *
>>
>> *
>> *
>> You, dear WAMmers, are invited to join us as we rise up and overthrow the
>> authority that is the media, with our mutinnnnnnyyyyyyy!!!!
>>
>> Here's the deal:
>>
>>    1. WAM! is a community, full of awesome feminists with feminist
>>    energy, who want to get together and DO STUFF!
>>    2. we all have critiques of media in all its forms
>>    3. most of us enjoy one of the following: DIY projects,
>>    together-ness, rhizome cafe, laughs and feminist discussion.
>>
>> At the WAM! social in December, Joanna introduced the idea of the WAM!
>> Van community getting together on a regular basis to do small-ish, easy to
>> implement resistance-based actions.
>> I've been told everyone at the social had tons of great ideas.* We loved
>> all of them!
>>
>> While we work on ways to make those ideas happen, we (the few WAM! core
>> members) wanted to offer something right away;
>> a way for us to get together, take action, and at the same time, conspire
>> ways to make all these other ideas get the momentum they need to take off.
>>
>> therefore, we are tickled with excitement to introduce to you.....
>> *
>> MONDAY MEDIA MUTINY!!!*
>>
>>    1. every third monday of the month (january 21, feb 18, march 18,
>>    etc..)
>>    (we are open to doing it on different days! let us know if
>>    non-mondays work better for you)
>>    2. 7-9PM ish
>>    3. rhizome cafe
>>    (we will send out an alert if this location isn't available. probable
>>    alternate location: cafe deux soleils on the drive)
>>    4. cool DIY feminist action related act
>>
>> MMM #1 - JANUARY 21:
>>
>> *DIY RAD FEMINIST STICKER MAKING EXTRAVANGANZA!!*
>>
>>
>>    - we will supply the sticker-making stuff
>>    - bring your emotions (rage, glee, anything in between), your ideas,
>>    and any other supplies you may wish to cut up and incorporate into a
>>    DIY sticker (old magazines, for example, may interest some people)
>>    - we will all get together and make stickers with whatever messages
>>    we want on them, and then go out into the world and stick away!
>>
>> You can make generic anti-sexist stickers to put on bus shelter ads,
>> specific stickers to put on A-frames outside specific stores
>> (cough*AmericanApparel*cough*),
>> stickers aimed at curbing fatphobia, or anything in between. Whatever
>> sticker you wanna make, we wanna help you do it.
>>
>> Mark your calendars - *the first Monday Media Mutiny event is 2 weeks
>> from today, January 21.* Reminder to come!
>>
>> Stay tuned...
>>
>> - WAM! Van core
>>
>>  *Your ideas! (we'd love to talk more about making them happen): petitions
>> against sexist restaurant ads; anti VAW flashmobs; promoting local March
>> 8th events; media literacy workshops; a collaborative, personal
>> stories/gender/media book project; watchdog activism related to sexist
>> coverage of the upcoming BC election; coordinated support for women
>> filmmakers and feminist films (VIFF is doing well); a 'girlcott' (opposite
>> of boycott) of media and organizations doing gender justice well; positive,
>> empowering sticker campaign (like About Face <http://www.about-face.org/>);
>> actions against local MRAs; spoofs of especially offensive and sexist
>> magazines (eg. Fresh).
>>
>>
>>
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