Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week and find relevant announcements and upcoming street harassment events.
Street Harassment Stories:
I accept street harassment submissions from anywhere in the world. Share your story!
You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:
- Stop Street Harassment Blog
- Hollaback
- Hollaback Atlanta
- Hollaback Baltimore
- Hollaback Berlin
- Hollaback Buenos Aires
- Hollaback Chicago
- Hollaback Croatia
- Holla Back DC!
- Hollaback France
- Hollaback Israel
- Hollaback London
- Hollaback NYC
- Hollaback Philly
Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:
- HR.BLR.com, “Street Harassment: A Form of Bullying Affecting Employees in the Workplace, Too“
- OhDearism, “Blog: Tube Crush“
- Atlanta Intown, “Hollaback Atlanta aims to end bullying“
- The Beheld, “Feminist Reactions to Street Harassment“
- The Times of India, “Noida cops launch drive against eve-teasing“
- The Washington Post, “Reconciliation“
- Bitch Media, “Takin’ it to the Streets: The ‘I’ in Street Harassment”
- Bitch Media, “Takin’ it to the Streets: Transit Justice is a Civil Rights Issue“
- The Times of India, “Malls to gear up to threats, to put CCTVs at vital places“
- Yahoo Shine, “Why Men Cat Call” (also on Jezebel)
- Arizona Daily Wildcat, “Hundreds rally to end sexual violence at Take Back the Night“
- The New York Times, “CBS Reporter Recounts a ‘Merciless’ Assault“
- Elevate Difference, “Hey, Shorty!: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets“
- Radio Australia, “Crimes against women soar in New Delhi”
- Shani O. Hilton, “Hollerin’ Season“
Announcements:
New:
- The Stop Street Harassment website + blog will relaunch this week with a new design and new logo!
On-going:
- Help fund the Hey, Shorty! on the road book tour to end gender-based violence in schools and on the streets.
- Check out a new website, How Many Women Find Street Harassment Flattering?
- College students, enter the Hollaback essay contest, entries due August 1.
- Are you in Egypt? Use HarassMap to report your street harassers
- Have an iPhone? Download the Hollaback iPhone app that lets you report street harassers
10 Tweets from the Week:
- zenithfish First run-in with street sexual harassment today; not impressed Philly, not impressed.
- natalieraymond What a shit afternoon. Witness disgusting street harassment on 6th ave then had my skirt blown up be a random wind. Stupid.
- HollaBackBmore Thanks @CCASBaltimore for hosting us last night. Any #streetharassment convo is a good one, esp. w/such great male involvement. Loved it!
- Hkearl Many women ages 50-80 told me their #streetharassment stories 2 day after my talk. This is not a new issue, but our collective activism is
- iHollaback Important Announcement: Juan Terranova, who threatened to rape our site leader, has been FIRED! A huge win for all of us!
- BLANK_NOISE how did u respond to web + phone harassment? #actionheroes http://bit.ly/juGhxF
- rajiftw There is some epic street harassment going down today on U street! Epic, I tell you
- danielnasaw Street harassment season has begun RT @lolaadesioye 2nd time in 1wk on same street that a man/men in a car have followed me + offered a ride
- incurablehippie Thank you, bloke in the street, for pointing out that ‘Woah they are whoppers’. Now fuck off and die. #streetharassment
- kariparks No, you can’t get a fucking smile. #Streetharassment
