[Wamvan] Introductions?

[sarah khan]

Hi everyone,

I'm a Douglas College student and currently a President of  Feminists for
Gender Equality Club with a friend. I will be graduating soon
from Professional Writing Program. I learned about your organization
through Jarrah. I love what you are doing. I think Vancouver needs more
gender awareness and sensitized to violence and sexism in media.

 No sure why there is always a backlash though whenever people hear change
and feminism in the same sentence?


Sarah

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Candace <cancou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dom, I'd love to be apart of some kind of project like that. This
> semester is kicking my ass, so once it's done I could be more involved. C
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2013-01-25, at 11:15 AM, Jarrah <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
> --------------------
> Jarrah Hodge
> @jarrahpenguin <https://twitter.com/jarrahpenguin>
> http://gender-focus.com
> --------------------
>
>  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!
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://tradeschool.coop/Vancouver/class
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Dom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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