[Wamvan] Introductions?

[Frieda Werden]

Hi, Sarah, I guess the backlash is just there to encourage us to have a
bigger frontlash!

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM, sarah khan <sarahkhn841 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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