[Wamvan] Introductions?

[Jarrah]

Hi everyone,

It's been neat to read people's intros. Looking forward to hopefully
meeting more of you in person at the next Monday Media Mutiny! Dom - I
think that's a great idea. I've never done anything through Trade School
but it looks neat. Would love to talk more with folks about how something
like that could work.

So about me: I'm originally from the Island and moved down to Vancouver
when I started university. I did my BA at UBC in Women's Studies and
Sociology and after that lucked out to get to work for some amazing
feminist women MPs - Penny Priddy and Dawn Black - and MLA Jenn McGinn.
When Jenn lost her seat in the 2009 election I was laid off and started my
blog, Gender Focus (http://gender-focus.com). Since that time I've been
running and editing GF, which is a Canadian multi-author feminist blog
dealing with issues from pop culture to media literacy to politics to
grassroots issues campaigns.

I've also written for the Huffington Post, the Vancouver Observer, Bitch
Magazine Blogs, and About-Face. I sit on the City of Vancouver Women's
Advisory Committee. And I'm working on the next bunch of my "Feminism
F.A.Q.s" videos, designed to give very 101-type info to people who are just
learning about feminism (http://www.gender-focus.com/feminism-f-a-q-s/).

Oh, and my actual job is at the Canadian Office and Professional Employees
Union, Local 378 (COPE 378), where I work as a Communications
Representative.

Cheers!

Jarrah

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Jarrah Hodge
@jarrahpenguin <https://twitter.com/jarrahpenguin>
http://gender-focus.com
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 On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Dom Nasilowski <stompingdom at yahoo.ca>wrote:

>  Hello Everybody! My name is Dom and I came across WAM, while online
> looking for the Women, Art and Revolution documentary.  I’m an art
> historian interested in all things related to images and gender.  I’m
> also interested in participating in activism around media literacy from a
> feminist point of view.  It is very heartening to see that there is such
> a group in Vancouver and I hope to contribute to it any way I can. Monday
> night was fantastic- can’t wait for the next event!
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> One of the things I’ve been thinking about lately is creating a feminist
> media literacy workshop and offering it through the trade school. Having
> just watched Candace’s video, and Jarrah’s FAQ videos, I wonder if some (or
> all members) of WAM might be interested in developing something in this
> manner.
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> http://tradeschool.coop/Vancouver/class
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> Cheers!
> Dom
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