[acc-cca-l] From Red Dresses to Memory Stones

[Nicolette Little]

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Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada <https://www.ubcpress.ca/from-red-dresses-to-memory-stones> is available for pre-order via UBC Press, and officially out June 1.
Thanks to the support of an open access grant -- and in order to reach change makers, as well as scholars and policymakers -- the book is being offered at an affordable price ($29.95).

About the Book: From Red Dresses to Memory Stones explores five vibrant multimedia projects: the REDress Project, which pairs donated red dresses with digital elements to draw attention to Canada’s crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; the Disposable Red Woman mixed-media installation, with the same goal; a digital memorialization of murdered Ontario women each anniversary of the Montreal Massacre; the documentary Slut or Nut, covering one activist’s journey through a rape trial; and the Memory Stones Project, in which beach stones are painted with anti-violence messages, then shared over social media for maximum impact. Interviews with numerous activists offer insights into their creative, daring, participatory, and commemorative ways of addressing GBV and the discourses that normalize it.

The Goal: In addition to engaging with this contribution yourselves, I’m hoping some of you will:

  *   Adopt From Red Dresses to Memory Stones for your courses
  *   Request the book for libraries
Please reach out if you have any questions. You can learn more about the book here<https://www.ubcpress.ca/from-red-dresses-to-memory-stones>.

Reviews from UBC's website (Scholarly, Policymaker, and Activist):
“This kind of trauma-aware, activist-driven media scholarship not only enriches academic scholarship, but also offers practical insights for future research and on-the-ground advocacy work. An original and deeply engaging work, From Red Dresses to Memory Stones will make a significant impact on the study of media activism, feminist methodologies, and gender-based violence prevention in Canada and beyond.” – Brianna I. Wiens, Department of English, University of Waterloo
“From Red Dresses to Memory Stones shines a light on the ongoing efforts to create systemic change. It is an essential, timely resource for advocates, policy makers, and anyone seeking to understand and advance the fight against gender-based violence.” – Pam Damoff, former MP and CEO of the Pearson Centre
“Through detailed personal stories – from red dresses hanging in trees to memory stones placed on beaches and tweets commemorating femicide victims – Nicolette Little reveals how everyday media can become tools of resistance, remembrance, and healing. This is a powerful and well-researched book that has been written in a sensitive manner to share the stories and struggles related to gender-based violence in Canada. This book honours the voices of survivors and mourning families and also challenges us to rethink how we engage with trauma, activism, and public memory. It is an essential read for anyone committed to justice and change.” – Carol Todd, Founder of Amanda Todd Legacy Society

Nicolette Little, PhD (she/her)
Director, Feminist Collaboratory and Data Visualization Centre
Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Media and Technology Studies & Women's and Gender Studies
University of Alberta

Book
>From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada <https://www.ubcpress.ca/from-red-dresses-to-memory-stones> can be pre-ordered from your local bookstore or UBC Press.

Recent Publications
Features like iPhone’s and Facebook’s ‘Memories’ can retraumatize survivors of abuse<https://theconversation.com/features-like-iphones-and-facebooks-memories-can-retraumatize-survivors-of-abuse-231897> (Conversation Canada, 2025).
Memorial-tweeting Ontario's femicides: The use of twitter (X) in gender-based violence-related activism<https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2149593> (Canadian Journal of Communication, 2024).
The unsolicited algorithm: Revealing gendered harms and (non)consent in Apple iOS features.<https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2149593> (Journal of Gender Studies, 2024).
Social media ghosts: How facebook memories complicates healing for survivors of intimate partner violence<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14680777.2022.2149593> (Feminist Media Studies, 2023).






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