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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Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:
PBS Need to Know, “Safe and sexy: The persona project“
AAUW Dialog, “Are the D.C. Streets Safe for Women at Night?“
HR Daily Advisor, “Evil HR Lady: Are Some Women Just Too Delicate For the Workplace?“
Guardian, “Argentinian writer sacked in sexism row“
Tiger Beatdown, “Hey Shorty! A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets“
Announcements:
New:
Check out the NEW Stop Street Harassment website + blog + logo!
There’s a new study about sexual harassment and assault on public transportation in Serbia, Belgrade.
If you live in Atlanta, Georgia, take a MARTA survey so Hollaback Atlanta can better tackle harassment on public transportation
On-going:
Help fund the Hey, Shorty! on the road book tour to end gender-based violence in schools and on the streets.
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:
northsidechad Warm weather brings out street harassment in #yeg http://bit.ly/lHApak Remember guys, it’s OK to look, not leer. Otherwise, wear sunglasses
confessionality #ff @orrganic — Writer, cat lover, mom, cool chick. I’m glad she wrote the Vue article on street harassment so I could discover her.
talkingparcel Am I ‘up my own arse’ if I don’t like being beeped & leered at by white van men? I stuck my finger up at him #streetharassment #FUCKYOU #fb
wocgo @1360WCHL There was an ambulance going through campus hitting the siren at girls walking down the street. #streetharassment #sick
BangsandaBun East London street harassment squad to me earlier: ‘You’ve got legs for DAYS. You’re 1 of them supermodel types innit’
MadamJMo Why was it ok for a man to shout “you’ve got a sexy ass” at me, but not for me to reply “you’ve got an unsexy bald head”? #streetharassment
JulieSLalonde My interview about #streetharassment on Live885 aired this morning and it wasn’t too shabby. Grateful for the ability to spread the gospel!
natalieraymond Was just screamed at, called a racist, threatened, & followed by a piece of shit street harasser. #streetharassment
jes3ica Nothing like a little early morning street harassment to take a big dump on my mood
thatrachelgirl I realized that biking will bring on #streetharassment and makes me not want to. How sad is that?
