Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week.
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Street Harassment Stories:
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In the News, on the Blogs:
* Common Ground, “On the revolution’s anniversary, men stand up for women’s rights in Egypt“
* Lauren Bravo is My Real Name, “In which I launch Operation Creep-be-Gone“
* Human Rights First, “Egyptian Women Face Setback at “Virginity Tests” Trial“
* Al Jazeera, “Egypt’s feminists prepare for a long battle“
* Thought Catalog, “Dear Gross Dude In The Club, Please Stop Touching Me“
* IBN Live, “Father dies after being thrashed by eve-teasers“
* The Guardian, “Uni Lad website closure highlights the trouble with male banter“
* PC Advisor, “Video: Commuter crush? Snap photo, post to new network of sites“
Activism Announcements:
New:
* Read an interview with Ghaidaa al-Absi, an anti-street harassment activist from Yemen who founded the Safe Streets Campaign.
* Read an interview with photographer Hannah Price, whose images of street harassers were displayed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art last fall.
* SSH blogged about an offensive Fiat ad that aired during the Super Bowl last weekend which made light of street harassment and objectified women. The post brought a record number of viewers to the SSH website.
* SSH founder Holly Kearl is quoted in the March 2012 issue of Cosmo magazine with advice on dealing with gropers. Read an extended version of her advice on the blog.
Reminders:
* If you live in the Washington, DC-area, you can testify about harassment on the Metro system at a hearing on Feb. 22. Details.
* What were you wearing when you got stared at or street harassed? Submit your photo
* Start planning for International Anti-Street Harassment Week, March 18-24
* Sign the Petition: “Demand Justice for Two Men Killed Trying to Stop Street Harassment“
* Read a Baltimore, Maryland, college student’s thesis on street harassment
* The Adventures of Salwa campaign has a hotline for sexual harassment cases in Lebanon: 76-676862.
* In Bangalore, India, there is a helpline for street harassment 080 – 22943225 / 22864023
10 Tweets from the Week:
1. EmptyNestExpat stunned today to learn a good friend is leaving #Istanbul because she doesn’t feel safe on the street due to street harassment.
2. sarahhuny I’m really tired of some men thinking that a woman should automatically be grateful and flattered by his attention #streetharassment
3. DaliaHosny Please report any sexual harassment incidents to 6069, if you got harassed during marches today . @harassmap #endSH #Feb11 #harassmap
4. iHollaback The Dept of State wants to come and visit us and learn more about #streetharassment! Very cool.
5. DesignerTi Catcall of the day: (me: walking and looking at my phone) Fool: u trying up call me? Me: who are u?
6. MareeGPhotos When your gonna catcall to a point where it pisses me off yes, I will make you look stupid.
7. hollabackWY Did you know Wales now has its first hollaback site to fight street harassment? Check them out here @GwynHollaback
8. MadamJMo Reading ‘Ann Veronica’ by HG Wells, written 1909. She has moved to London and experienced #streetharassment but won’t be frightened. Yep.
9. MaiiNewaishy What’s amazing to me is the shock on a harasser’s face when the woman stands up for herself, yes we’re not silent anymore #endSH
10. ilibico #Tripoli #Libya the stop street harassment campaign “don’t tell me what to wear, tell them not to harass me” pic.twitter.com/uwxTHbGu
