[Wamvan] The June WAM! Entertainment Guide brings the big stuff!

[Women, Action & the Media]

It's blockbuster season, the time when corporate media unleashes some of their biggest projects. This summertime programming often translates into marathons of mindless misogynist media, but this year we found a few big-budget projects that put women front and center. And since mainstream projects often have less trouble grabbing headlines, we included a couple indies, too. 

*Click here [ http://womenactionmedia.org/june-2015-wam-entertainment-guide ]* to check out the June WAM! Entertainment Guide and let us know what you think using the hashtag #WAMGuide. 

 [ http://womenactionmedia.org/june-2015-wam-entertainment-guide ]
Dear WAM!mers,

Vicious attacks against women on Twitter have reached crisis levels.
A recent Pew research study found that women overall are disproportionately targeted by the most severe forms of online abuse.

This is why we launched a pilot project to support Twitter users experiencing gendered harassment and abuse on the platform, including abuse that intersects with racial, LGBT, and other kinds of oppression.

The data we gathered during the pilot initiative informed our new report, Reporting, Reviewing, And Responding To Harassment on Twitter. Our report examines gendered harassment and abuse on the platform. Our research-based recommendations and solutions are designed to forward systemic change on Twitter and other platforms.

Reporting, Reviewing, And Responding To Harassment on Twitter was produced by researchers from the fields of computational social science, anthropology, sociology, network science and computer science. It was reviewed by five academic researchers in a double-blind, revise-and-resubmit peer review process. WAM!'s report finds that additional policy solutions are needed to more effectively address tweet and delete harassment, dogpiling, and doxxing. 

Read our report and recommendations.www.womenactionmedia.org/twitter-report

Help us combat online harassment and abuse on Twitter-and beyond. Share our infographic and WAM!'s recommendations for change. Join the conversation using the hashtag: #HarassStats

WAM! On,
Jamia Wilson
Executive Director
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