EBOOK
About
Almost every other day, a woman in Canada is murdered by her partner. Domestic violence kills as many as 187 women each year while terrorizing or maiming untold thousands, including children and bystanders. Gender-related homicide of women and girls rose by 14 percent between 2020 and 2021, reaching its highest level since 2017. It is the most predictable category of murder, and yet too few of us know how this happens or how insidiously it affects everyone.
Part memoir, part investigative journalism, She Ran: The Media and the Public Response to Domestic Violence explores how news media have helped perpetuate or correct myths surrounding intimate partner violence (IPV). Challenging the idea that IPV is simply an "isolated incident," author and journalist Ann Rauhala highlights its reality as a widespread crisis, making the case that the media - and the public - can and should help lead the way in prevention.
Rauhala reviews her experiences as an editor and women's issues reporter for The Globe and Mail, her responsibilities as a journalism professor, her circumstances as a survivor of IPV, and her grief over the loss of her best friend. Dissecting media and public misconceptions, failures in legal and economic systems, and stigmas about IPV, Rauhala offers a vital perspective that calls for deeper awareness, wider accountability, and greater public commitment to confront this violence.
Uncover the hidden truths of intimate partner violence. Through the lens of a tragic 1975 murder, her groundbreaking work on the Globe and Mail's women's issues beat, and a piercing critique of media narratives, Rauhala brings IPV out of the shadows and into the conversation we all need to have.
Ann Rauhala is a seasoned journalist and was among the first to cover the women's issues beat at The Globe and Mail. She was also a correspondent for CBC Television and a journalism professor at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her scholarly research examined how issues affecting women are represented in media. She lives in Toronto, ON.
Sales and Market Bullets
• TIMELY AND ESSENTIAL: Gender-related homicides of women and girls rose 14 percent between 2020 and 2021, reaching the highest level since 2017. She Ran challenges the common perception that IPV is an individual issue and highlights its reality as a widespread societal crisis. Many factors contribute to this misconception: societal acceptance of gender inequality, patriarchal norms, stigma and victim-blaming, inadequate education about healthy relationships, and systemic failures in legal, social, and economic systems. These are often perpetuated by mainstream media, which frames IPV as isolated incidents rather than recognizing it as a pervasive epidemic. She Ran offers a vital perspective that calls for deeper awareness, accountability, and action to tackle IPV as a societal problem, not just a private matter.
• AN EXPERIENCED PUBLIC SPEAKER: Ann Rauhala is a seasoned journalist who has worked as an on-air correspondent and documentarian for CBC Television's The National Magazine and taught reporting and writing at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is an experienced public speaker and moderator.
Part memoir, part investigative journalism, She Ran: The Media and the Public Response to Domestic Violence explores how news media have helped perpetuate or correct myths surrounding intimate partner violence (IPV). Challenging the idea that IPV is simply an "isolated incident," author and journalist Ann Rauhala highlights its reality as a widespread crisis, making the case that the media - and the public - can and should help lead the way in prevention.
Rauhala reviews her experiences as an editor and women's issues reporter for The Globe and Mail, her responsibilities as a journalism professor, her circumstances as a survivor of IPV, and her grief over the loss of her best friend. Dissecting media and public misconceptions, failures in legal and economic systems, and stigmas about IPV, Rauhala offers a vital perspective that calls for deeper awareness, wider accountability, and greater public commitment to confront this violence.
Uncover the hidden truths of intimate partner violence. Through the lens of a tragic 1975 murder, her groundbreaking work on the Globe and Mail's women's issues beat, and a piercing critique of media narratives, Rauhala brings IPV out of the shadows and into the conversation we all need to have.
Ann Rauhala is a seasoned journalist and was among the first to cover the women's issues beat at The Globe and Mail. She was also a correspondent for CBC Television and a journalism professor at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her scholarly research examined how issues affecting women are represented in media. She lives in Toronto, ON.
Sales and Market Bullets
• TIMELY AND ESSENTIAL: Gender-related homicides of women and girls rose 14 percent between 2020 and 2021, reaching the highest level since 2017. She Ran challenges the common perception that IPV is an individual issue and highlights its reality as a widespread societal crisis. Many factors contribute to this misconception: societal acceptance of gender inequality, patriarchal norms, stigma and victim-blaming, inadequate education about healthy relationships, and systemic failures in legal, social, and economic systems. These are often perpetuated by mainstream media, which frames IPV as isolated incidents rather than recognizing it as a pervasive epidemic. She Ran offers a vital perspective that calls for deeper awareness, accountability, and action to tackle IPV as a societal problem, not just a private matter.
• AN EXPERIENCED PUBLIC SPEAKER: Ann Rauhala is a seasoned journalist who has worked as an on-air correspondent and documentarian for CBC Television's The National Magazine and taught reporting and writing at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is an experienced public speaker and moderator.