[Wamvan] This Friday: Forum on sexism in politics with Trish Kelly

[Natalie Hill]

You may have heard that earlier this year, local activist Trish Kelly ended
her campaign for Vancouver park board when a video of a sex-positive
monologue she performed in 2000 inspired critics to question her
suitability as a candidate.

*This Friday Oct 3rd*, Trish will lead an event called *Let Us In! A forum
on sexism and politics.*
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-us-in-a-forum-on-sexism-in-politics-tickets-12816748239?utm_campaign=order_confirm&ref=eemailordconf&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb_email&utm_term=eventname>The
discussion will explore the question, How does systemic sexism discourage
or prevent women from taking leadership roles and entering public life? The
event is at 6:30PM at SFU Harbour Centre.

WAM!mers myself (Natalie) and Jarrah Hodge will be enthusiastically
womaning a table at the event, engaging participants on the issue and
live-tweeting their advice to journalists on how not to be sexist in their
coverage of city politics and the upcoming municipal election.

Ways you can be involved:

   - *Attend the talk**
   The event appears to be 'sold out', but there is a waitlist and there
   will likely be no-shows.
   Click here to get on that list.
   <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-us-in-a-forum-on-sexism-in-politics-tickets-12816748239?utm_campaign=order_confirm&ref=eemailordconf&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb_email&utm_term=eventname>

   - *Come to the venue and engage at the WAM! table *
   There will be lots of great conversations happening outside the actual
   forum, so come on down, drop your knowledge, and participate in our social
   media campaign. We will be capturing (via tweet pics) your advice to
   journalists on how not to be sexist this election season.

   -
*Join the conversation on twitter through #vanpoli *#vanpoli is the hashtag
   used by journalists and politicians to discuss news and political affairs
   in Vancouver. We plan on co-opting that hashtag for the evening, with all
   of our advice to journalists on how not to be sexist in their election
   coverage. Follow #vanpoli on Friday night and weigh in!

Another great way to participate is to *attend our follow-up Monday Media
Mutiny event on Oct 6th* - we will be hosting our own 'forum' on this
issue, with a specific focus on sexist media coverage. We will compile and
deliver a list of dos and don'ts for journalists in Vancouver, in the lead
up to the election. *More specific info on that event to follow.*

If you already have a ticket to this event, please be sure to stop by at
our table! If not, we hope you can still participate in this important
conversation through the other channels above.

Hope to see some of you there,

Natalie (and Jarrah)

For more background, see:

   - Trish Kelly quits as Vision Vancouver park candidate to halt
   distractions over her sex-positive activism
   <http://www.straight.com/news/688731/trish-kelly-quits-vision-vancouver-park-candidate-halt-distractions-over-her-sex-positive-activism>

   (July 17, Georgia Straight)
   - Would you vote for a female politician who spoke openly about
   masturbation?
   <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/trish-kelly-wanted-to-get-into-politics-but-an-8-year-old-video-of-her-talking-about-sex-got-in-the-way/article19728255/>
   (July 23, Globe and Mail)
   - Vision Vancouver lost star by booting out Trish Kelly
   <http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-vision-vancouver-lost-star-by-booting-out-trish-kelly-1.1259516>(op-ed,
   Courier, July 24)
   - Vision Vancouver's Trish Kelly pushed out of parks board race
   <http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news/vision-vancouver%E2%80%99s-trish-kelly-pushed-parks-board-race>
   (Xtra! July 18)
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