Street harassment snapshot: May 1, 2011

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:

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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