Autumn, a fourteen-year old trans woman and feminist who lives in New Jersey is working on an anti-street harassment flier project and she agreed to answer a few questions about it.
Stop Street Harassment: What inspired you to create and post fliers about street harassment?
Autumn: While I was in New York, I saw a very impromptu flier rebuking street harassers and misogynists in general. I thought this was a very clever idea, and a very easy way to start voicing my opinion in an open forum. So, I took a few nights of making very minimalistic, blunt posters on a number of issues that feminism focuses on.
Stop Street Harassment: What messaging is on the fliers?
Autumn: I made multiple fliers, actually. In my first, I tried to give the reader a general summary of feminism, dispelling stereotypes of feminists and trying to assert what actual feminism means. The second one was exclusively against street-harassment, and the third is against slut-shaming. I purposefully tried to make them very minimalistic and bare, with only text and such, as I felt if I put too much graphic decoration in them, it would take away from the message.
Stop Street Harassment: Where are you posting them and what do you hope the outcome will be?
Autumn: Luckily I live adjacent to Manhattan, so one of these days I am going to print and copy about one hundred and spend a day posting them in the subway, bus terminals, traffic light poles, really anywhere they will be seen. I also plan on taking them to Slut-Walk. I have them in PDF format, and I invite anyone who wants to download and post them in their respective city as well – it can’t hurt! I’m not really trying to get people to become radical feminists, but rather I just want people to realize that street harassment and slut shaming are not acceptable things.
Stop Street Harassment: Anything else you want to add?
Autumn: I’ll be attending the Slut-Walk in New York in October, and if anyone has a Tumblr, mine is autumn-and-gomorrah.tumblr.com. Though it’s not exclusively a feminist-dedicated blog, probably ninety percent of my posts are about feminist topics or anarcha-feminism.
Check back for a follow-post with an update on her project.
Beckie says
Autumn I love your flyers. I’ll print some out and bring them to slut walk NYC. See you there. Beckie!
Alan says
Autumn, thanks for these fliers and your passion and creativity for this very important topic! I hope we can all make a difference and improve life in public for women.