[Wamvan] Our report on Canadian feminist blogosphere featured in Ms. Magazine! Plus: How you can publish your work on our website, too.

[Candace]

Hi Joanne, thanks for sharing this with me :+) Candace 

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On 2013-06-13, at 11:08 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congrats WAM! member/researcher Candace Coulson for the feature on the Ms. Magazine website! 
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> http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/06/12/the-femisphere-bloggers-from-canada/
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> If you haven't heard of our recently published report and catalogue on Canadian feminist blogs yet, check out the summary and the downloadable PDF's here: http://www.womenactionmedia.org/2013/05/03/new-research-on-canadian-feminist-blogosphere/ 
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> You may have also noticed that WAM! has a completely revamped website. The website is our new platform for WAM!CAN, the collective action network that pushed Facebook to improve its policies on hate speech and rape "humour" pages on its site. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/business/media/facebook-says-it-failed-to-stop-misogynous-pages.html?_r=0 
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> WAM! Vancouver has our own page on the new WAM! website: http://www.womenactionmedia.org/chapters/vancouver/ 
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> We will take advantage of the huge spike in traffic WAM! has been getting after the #FBRape campaign to use our space to draw attention to Canadian media and feminist issues. 
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> Stay tuned for blogs posts and more original research from WAM! Vancouver members! And please email us at wamvancouver at gmail.com if you would like to contribute! All ideas no matter how wacky are welcome. 
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> And I will be sending out the minutes from Tuesday's volunteer information session tomorrow. We're excited to be entering a dynamic new phase where any member will be able to take leadership and tap into WAM's resources and networks to work together to advocate for gender justice in Canadian media. 
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> I know this is a lot of info, so if you are new to WAM! or have any questions, please contact us at wamvancouver at gmail.com. 
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> Joanna  
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> On behalf of WAM!Core Committee 
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