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:
La Nacion, “Ebanista irá a prisión 4 años y 6 meses por tocar a mujer“
The International News, “Exclusive transport for women urged“
Hurriyet Daily News, “Turkish mayor advises women to ‘stay home’ to avoid harassment“
Rebel With A Cause, “Sexually Harassing Egypt’s Revolution“
Carried Away, “A Message to Catcallers“
The Times of India, “CCTVs to keep eye on eve teasers, chain snatchers“
The Times of India, “Dalit youth shot dead for opposing eve-teasing“
Announcements:
New:
*View a new anti-street harassment video from South Africa
*View two new anti-street harassment videos from India. 1 | 2
On-going:
* Help fund the Hey, Shorty! on the road book tour to end gender-based violence in schools and on the streets.
* Needed: your feedback on international anti-street harassment day 2011 & your ideas for 2012 http://tinyurl.com/44f7bef
* Fight Street Harassment with Your Spare Change http://t.co/TKeve2e via @swipegood
* If you live in Atlanta, Georgia, take a MARTA survey so Hollaback Atlanta can better tackle harassment on public transportation
* 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
20 Tweets from the Week:
1. dys_morphia Which is the hidden or not so hidden message of all street harassment: women, stay at home.
2. FeministGriote Summertime means street harassment on steroids & if u r on south beach this weekend then you’re in the belly of the beast
3. Supreeka An idiot tried to get frndly wth my ass in the bus. Trnd arnd & rammed hm hard with laptop bag in his groin n wlkd off
4. MDeezie How do dudes find it funny to harass a random girl on the street? You aint 8 no more bruh, that aint cute.
5. bibliofeminista Night ruiner: an ass grab in Adams-Morgan. Gross. #streetharassment #dc
6. tkoed: A friend puts street harassment like this to the bros: You don’t want cops fucking w/ yall in the street, so don’t mess with me.
7. JustineMeiErn I feel so harassed. Street harassment pisses the hell outta me
8. TKOEd is street harassment. I think it’s rampant in many places b/c too many men & boys are taught that women are or should be ALWAYS available
9. JulieSLalonde If you care about #endrapeinwar, take a stand against ALL gender-based violence in ALL countries. #streetharassment, sexual assault, etc.
10. ChantigaloBEroc Now police officers are engaging in street harassment. Awesome. Not that I’m surprised, but I’m not less annoyed either.
11. Renegade_Blog: Got accosted by a 12 year old boy. Boy, does street harassment starts early
12. kaysteiger @jbouie I’m reluctant to say hello because of the street harassment.
13. KismetNunez @Mdotwrites @zero317 Burst into tears once on the WMATA bus from street harassment. Had another dude jump out his car at me. #violence #woc
14. emmamwoolley @nnkatherine Oh holy shit. Street harassment! Yet another reminder that simply being outside means we can be assaulted. #wouldhavelostit
15. chris_o_mahony I DESPISE street harassment. Why do some people feel ENTITLED to roar “Nice legs!” at a girl walking home from college? I saw this tonight.
16. sebhar Saturday night I walked home with my dad. Bros in car yelled “show us your tits!” …um, no, and please crash into a tree. #streetharassment
17. ShelbyGoodwin @saigrundy I want ppl 2kno those stereotypes fuel anti-Black woman street harassment, outright assault, rape, murder AND no justice
18. jennydevildoll La La Land comic -street harassment, Space Invaders, & The Ex: http://t.co/pIc0Y5q
19. chloemasongray iPhone and Mexico cell phone stolen on the metro yesterday. 5 minutes later someone grabbed my a** really hard. I hate street harassment.
20. kimhorne Ugh. Potentially innocent comments make me insecure. Actual #streetHarassment makes me a wreck. #notFitForOutsideLife
