Weekly Blog Round Up: November 28, 2010

Story Submissions Recap:

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• Stop Street Harassment Blog: 4 new stories from people in New Orleans, Wales, Italy, and New York City
• HollaBack DC!: 3 new stories
• HollaBack Israel: 8 new stories
• HollaBack LDN: 3 new stories
• HollaBack NYC: a ton of new stories!

In the News, On the Blogs:

• AFP, “Delhi men in female-only metro forced to do sit-ups: reports“
• Times of India, “63% women face sexual harassment in PMPML buses: survey“
• CBS News: “Subway Flasher Target Breaks Silence“
• Salon: “What we learned from the subway flasher“
• Ms. Blog, “Where in the World Can Women Feel Safe?”
• Ms. Blog, “Resilience in Slums a Lesson For Cynical Western Feminists“
• Salon.com, “A virtual hideout for subway flashers“
• Jezebel, “Subway Flasher Messes With The Wrong Woman” (and the related article “The Disturbing World Of Dickflash.com“)
• CBS News, “Tables Turned On Alleged NYC Subway Flasher”
• Care 2, “Hollaback Video Inadvertently Exposes Underbelly of Sexual Predators: UPDATE“
• Al-Masry Al-Youm, “Rights groups call for stepped-up security to prevent harassment during Eid“
• Hindustan Times, “Ladies to take charge for a safe campus”
• The Gateway, “Street Harassment is Not a Compliment“
• Public Radio International, “HarassMap uses texting to fight sexism in Egypt“
• Sify News, “Trafficking, smuggling at Indo-Bangladesh border discussed“
• Clutch Magazine, “Street Harasser Messes with THE Wrong Woman“
• DNA Info, “Greenwich Village High School Launches Blog on Feminism“
• Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault Blog, “RCASA’s Saturday Prevention: Street Harassment“
• Feminist Legal Theory, “When a ‘Hello’ is not just a ‘Hello’“
• Womanist Musings, “Subway Flasher Gets More than He Bargained For“
• Change Happens, “Wait…What?”
• Feminist Teacher, “Young Feminists Speak Out at TEDxYouth“

Announcements:

• November 25 marked the first of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Find an event near you.
• Star in HollaBack DC!’s first PSA
• Are you in Egypt? Use HarassMap to report your street harassers
• Have an iPhone? Download a new iPhone app that lets you report street harassers!
• Take a street harassment survey for a Toronto-based group working to address this problem with an iPhone app
• Via Change.org: Tell New York City Council to Fund Anti-Street Harassment Advocacy & Services

Upcoming Events:

• Dec. 2: LGBTQ Focus Group on Street Harassment, Washington, DC

Ten Tweets from the Week:

• ihollaback Sign: “Warning: This construction site sexually harasses women.” AWESOME! http://bit.ly/h0Oeu2 Like women don’t have to hear, “ZOMG! Lighten up you prude! Street harassment is totes a compliment! Smile moar!” enough. #unbookmarked #bye
• lizzledc
• Tbgdgc #16dot Do your bit folks. Watch out for & speak out against Street Harassment. Together we’ll make our city safer
• andreagrimes  #realamericanhero http://bit.ly/d32qwQ #hollabackny #streetharassment
• ChloeAngyal  Street harassment makes me so mad I just have to SING about it: http://bit.ly/ejfcAe (h/t @HannahBarudin)
• MRambrose I forgot that street harassment turns into cruising car harassment in Tulsa, OK
• Venatore LOL @ the douche who got upset & called me mean cause I put my earbuds back in & wouldn’t engage him after he harassed me #streetharassment
• kdflygirl @MotherJustice thank you for speaking on this publicly. NYC had a forum last month to discuss street harassment, (cont) http://tl.gd/748j2j
• HOTGIRLSInc Today is our 9th Anniversary! We would like to thank all of our supporters and volunteers for helping us accomplish our mission.
• Nufanglenesse #streetharassment Getting really fed up with harassment on Brighton seafront. *Hate* that pepper spray is illegal!