"Alright, Now What?" is a podcast from the Canadian Women’s Foundation. On the first Friday of every month, CKUT will air one new episode and two episodes from the archives where the CWF's experts and partners put an intersectional feminist lens on one topic or story we’ve all been hearing about … the issues and stories that just seem to keep resurfacing and make you wonder, “What’s this about?”, “Why is this still happening?”, and “How is it possible we haven’t fixed this yet?” They explore the systemic roots of these things and the strategies for change that will move us closer to the goal of gender justice.

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January 6, 2023: Chilling Abuse Against Women Journalists, Feminist Journalism, Exploring Misogynoir

The Canadian Women’s Foundation, in partnership with CKUT, is pleased to join you once a month to share episodes of our podcast, Alright, Now What?, where experts and our partners put an intersectional feminist lens on one topic or story we’ve all been hearing about … the issues and stories that just seem to keep resurfacing and make you wonder, “What’s this about?”, “Why is this still happening?”, and “How is it possible we haven’t fixed this yet?” We explore the systemic roots of these things and the strategies for change that will move us closer to the goal of gender justice.

Today’s episode: Chilling Abuse Against Women Journalists

Content note: this episode includes discussion of gender-based violence and sexual assault.

The Coalition for Women in Journalism says that Canada is the country where the greatest number of women journalists were exposed to organized troll campaigns in 2022. This is gendered violence, and it’s unacceptable. Digital attacks aimed predominantly at women and racialized journalists victimize, belittle and, ultimately, undermine trust in facts and jeopardize press freedom. The Canadian Women’s Foundation collaborated with the Canadian Journalism Foundation and the #NotOk campaign on a discussion with journalists in December 2022. Today’s episode features a snippet of this conversation, focused on the lived experiences of our panelists. It was moderated by CBC News correspondent, Salimah Shivji. It featured Garvia Bailey, journalist, broadcaster, and co-founder of Media Girlfriends, Christina Frangou, freelance journalist and 2022 winner of the Landsberg Award, and Saba Eitizaz, Toronto Star producer and co-host of This Matters Podcast. I encourage you to watch the full panel discussion on the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s YouTube channel.

Two thirds of people in Canada know a woman who has experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, but only 1 in 5 feel very confident in their ability to support someone experiencing abuse. If someone in your life used the Signal for Help or told you they were experiencing abuse, would you know how to help?  

The Canadian Women’s Foundation has launched the Signal for Help Responder online mini course to help you learn how to support a friend, family member, or colleague who is experiencing abuse: http://learn.signalforhelpresponder.ca

Here are 2 short episodes from our vaults – the first on Feminist Journalism and the second on Exploring Misogynoir

Equity-seeking journalists including women and racialized reporters investigate some of the most important and hidden stories. Whether writing articles for newspapers or magazines, editing, posting on social media or digital media, or blogging, we need them to give voice to issues otherwise unheard. Every year, the Canadian Women’s Foundation presents The Landsberg Award in partnership with The Canadian Journalism Foundation to acknowledge and inspire feminist journalism It’s named after iconic journalist and author, Michele Landsberg. For this episode, we were joined by Robyn Doolittle, who won the Landsberg in 2018, and Christina Frangou, who won in 2022.

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"Misogynoir" is a term coined by Moya Bailey to describe the unique form of anti-Black sexism faced by Black women. It’s a key topic explored in the documentary, Subjects of Desire, an award-winning documentary written, directed, and produced by Jennifer Holness and Hungry Eyes Media. The film explores Black women and beauty standards and interrelated topics like misogynoir and gender-based violence. Paulette Senior, President and CEO of the Canadian Women's Foundation, joined us to talk about these essential matters. You can watch the event mentioned in this episode, Black Women + Beauty Standards: A Conversation on Subjects of Desire, on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/HCr3HI9-CEA

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