Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.
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Street Harassment Stories:
Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:
Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
Many of the Hollaback sites
In the News, on the Blogs:
* Al Jazeera, “Afghan women: priority or bargaining chip?“
* Al Arabiya News, “Egypt’s liberals call for sexual harassment law“
* High on Cliches, “Wie verhalte ich mich möglichst nicht wie ein Arsch?“
* The Times of India, “For a walk, don’t wait till it’s dark“
* Bienbrava.com, “An Open Letter to Street Harassers by Kaitlin Fredrickson“
* Discipline and anarchy, “The drop in the ocean, or the drop that wears away the stone? Street Harassment“
* Elucidated Perspectives, “The Cost of Street Harassment!“
* The Times of India, “Bike gang targets girl in Kolkata’s Jadavpur“
* Good Women Project, “Understanding Why Street Harassment and Cat-calls Scrape At Our Hearts“
* Safe Streets AZ, ““I asked him several times “can I help you?” – Street harassment at Safeway“
* The Sociological Cinema, “Decentering and Recentering the Discussion on Street Harassment“
* The Coast, “Reality Bites“
* Huffington Post, “3 Reasons ‘Feminism’ Is Not A Dirty Word“
* GenderIT, “Taking street harassment off the streets and off the map!“
New:
* There was a human chain formed against street harassment in Cairo, Egypt, this week!
* SlutWalk Toronto year 2 is taking place on Friday, May 25!
* If you’re in DC, come out for a FREE event about street harassment in Kabul, Afghanistan and Washington, DC, on Tues, May 29, 5:45 p.m. at the MLK library.
Reminders:
* In NYC on June 2 — “Queerocracy presents QRASH Course: Queers Resisting All Street Harassment“
* Help fund a new film about street harassment
* Change.org petition: Tell VisitPhilly.com: Please place advertisements that reflect the true value of our city.
* Read a report about the events of Anti-Street Harassment Week 2012.
* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.
* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA
* 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
* Report #streetharassment in Pakistan at @NameAndShamePk, email nameandshame@ryse.pk, SMS 0314-800-35-68 or online at http://www.nameandshame.pk
10 Tweets from the Week:
1. @thekateblack One man just hissed “niiiice” at me. Another spat “ugh!” May they both eat shit in the crosswalk. #streetharassment #nyc
2. @MagdalenaFox Yelling “tatted up” is not going to get me to pay attention to you, loser! #streetharassment
3. @KhadijeN Even if you use islamic phrases it is still a harassment! #StreetHarassment
4. @bethg24 So is today like the Street Harassment Olympics or what?
5. @ThaNubianPrince And another street harassment just for good measure…terrible day for misogynistic encounters.
6. @SarbKaur77 The amount of street/transport harassment the women of London and cities around the world experience everyday is outrageous @hollabackLDN
7. @CarolineForsell I absolutely hate public street #harassment e.g:random strange men approach u & make inappropriate comments. Are women public property? NO!
8. @Karnythia If you’re here to protest oppression why are you engaging in #streetharassment? #NatoChicago?
9. @DrawTheLineON Today’s question: You notice a man rubbing up against a woman on the crowded subway. Do you go back to reading your paper? #WDTL
10. @divalutionary Men are out here miming street harassment for women wearing headphones. It’s gonna be a LONG summer in DC ladies
