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:
* London Evening Standard, “Don’t hassle me – real men take no for an answer“
* CantonRep.com, “We can reinvest in our communities by using peer pressure for peace“
* MTV Act Blog, “Women Worldwide Mark the Spot: Sexual Harassment Tracked on Virtual Maps“
* Neamhspleachas, “An Issue That Shouldn’t Arise In Polite Society“
* Gender Across Borders, “Interview with Organizer of Afghanistan Anti-Street Harassment March”
* The Korea Times, “Seoul mulls women-only subway carriage“
* Planet Phenomenal, “#Streetharassment never ceases to amaze me…“
* Percolate Magazine, “Guest Blog: Street Harassment – Why Clothing Doesn’t Matter“
* Means Naught to Us, “When I Say Fuck Off, I Mean It”
* Quarter.Life.Crisis, “here, there, and everywhere – I don’t want to be part of your sandwich.”
* Quarter.Life.Crisis, “I don’t want to be part of your sandwich, part 2. or, if you’re pissed about my blog post…“
* Bravebird Sing, “Community Engagement: Ending Street Harassment and Gender-based Violence“
* Hey Shorty on the Road, “Wooden Shoe Books (Philadelphia, PA)“
Announcements:
New:
* Sunday, July 31, Mend the Gap is doing another flash mob event on the Delhi metro in India to raise awareness about sexual harassment on the metro.
Reminders/On-Going:
* Do you have a stare that can turn #streetharassers to stone? Then participate in the Medusa Gaze Project! http://tinyurl.com/6fhh3tz
* Sign Mend the Gap’s petition to address subway harassment in Delhi, India
* 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
15 Tweets from the Week:
1. ZenMonken I think cars should have a built-in eject feature that launches dudes out through the windshield if they catcall at girls while driving.
2. CycleHermit Just rec’d a really nice smile from a construction worker. So much better than a catcall or an “I’m checkin’ you out” stare.
3. ALongWalkHome Day 8: Girl/Friends watching @GGENYC‘s “Hey, Shorty,” a great film created for girls and by girls to end street harassment.
4. DoniKlein I finally understand why some women cover here. Some men here are such freaking…pigs! #StreetHarassment
5. LGalabi Sexual harassment is not related to social class. We need major street & mind cleaning in #Cairo.
6. Erfan_Afghan @Transitionland “Afghan police don’t regard street harassment as a crime” I have seen them harassing. Don’t expect much from police.
7. HollabackOttawa Painted the town HOLLABACK! today. Spread Hollaback! joy on the poles and bulletin boards of the Market.
8. GangStarrGirl @InADash Re: Holleration. You are so right. It’s not about the woman, it’s about control and entitlement smh.
9. MediocreDave http://youtu.be/WcJaN9n3W6Q Possibly the first ever film to feature pie-in-face. By a woman, to fight off sexual harassment. AWESOME.
10. ohhhsoFaNCY Street harassment is a common experience for women of all social categories, but mostly urban women (woman of color and those who are poor)
11. MayRayintheCity @htownhollaback Got honked and screamed at while taking the mail out. It’s not even 8:30am yet. #streetharassment
12. dopeDNA Street harassment at it’s finest today. I am so disgusted.
13. LaurenWolfeCPJ Common #Afghan proverb: ‘A women’s place is either her husband’s house or her grave.’ t.co/ho7dkug #StreetHarassment
14. ShanananaSaliga Dont give me a catcall, creeper.
15. DereKills excuse me, but do not catcall me from your car with your friend + two children in the backseat. ehh.. #teenmom
