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
Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:
* Clutch Magazine, “Hey There Pretty Lady: How Street Harassment Affected My Body Image and How I Overcame It” and syndicated on The Grio
* MSNBC, “Shanghai subway to scantily clad women: No wonder you’ll be sexually harassed!“; Global Post, “Shanghai Metro’s warning to women: ‘Sexy clothing may provoke sexual harassment’;” CNN, “Fury over Shanghai metro’s warning on women’s dress;” Women’s Views on News, “Women say no to Shanghai Metro’s suggested dress policy“
* Bikya Masr, “Defining sexual violence in Egypt“
* BeAmman, “The social contract I never signed“
* FBomb, “On Street Harassment“
* The Daily Beast, “Egypt’s Sexual Harassment Epidemic“
* Daily Bhaskar, “Security fear not heat forcing Bhopal girls to don face veils“
* Albawaba, “Dis-honor crimes: Jordan youth protest against harassment“
* RH Reality Check, “Street Harassment: A Means of Control That We Need to Get Under Control” and syndicated on Alternet.org
* Sociological Images, “Working-Class Masculinity and Street Harassment“
Announcements:
New:
* If you’re in London and are willing to share your street harassment experiences, contact a student doing research there! INFO.
* Sri Lanka Unites in Colombo launched a project called S.H.O.W You Care (S.H.O.W. = Stop Harassment of Women) this week.
Reminders:
* @RapeCrisisSth New research project on #streetharassment for the women off South London. Interested? Contact @rosie_ts or visit http://bit.ly/LabScF
* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.
* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment
* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!
* Help fund a new film about street harassment
* 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
20 Tweets from the Week:
1. @WrittenbyBene I don’t know why some men think women feel good about constantly win harassed when just trying to get from point A to B. #streetharassment
2. @SafeSpacesDC Want to help end #streetharassment?Donate to help launch our RightRides #DC program this summer http://bit.ly/MBzIgy #endSH
3. @hiphopis4lovers No, sir, you cannot offer me a seat on your lap. #streetharassment
4. @Karnythia And if we want to talk about #streetharassment man look, I don’t believe all of the “No one I know acts that way” bullshit.
5. @DJTheTornado Fuck street harassment and all the men who perpetrate it…
6. @burnyourbones This morning a man leaned out of a truck and made a noise at me like a spitting cobra or maybe a cross Klingon. #streetharassment #wtf #why
7. @NermineOnsy #before_I_die I wanna sleep in a tent in the street without any harm or harassment !
8. @EverydaySexism @AllegraHolbrook Social normalisation of street harassment makes it very difficult for women to complain/object as seen to be ‘overreacting’
9. @thetrudz I miss about Cali: my sis @ReneeMHamilton, Stanford’s campus, MLK library, Loves Cupcakes, LightRail, 1000% less street harassment than FL.
10. @goldenflowermix Guy first creepily comments on my shirt’s sport logo, then says ‘yum yum yum yum yum’ while stating at my chest. Gross. #streetharassment
11. @goldenflowermix Never felt that unsafe walking home afterwards. Kept looking over my shoulder for the next 10 mins. #streetharassment
12. @rw_ny I was looking at these 3 guys looking at this woman walking by and I thought of a way to stop street harassment of women. It won’t be easy.
13. @annihilate__ It’s times like this I think of the public/street harassment campaigns they have elsewhere. CATCH ON IN AUSTRALIA, KTHX.
14. @khrthorogood will shout out for the right to jog, walk, and stroll the pavements of her hometown without experiencing street harassment #hollaback
15. @TheComicsGrrl Street Harassment, Illustrated http://shar.es/siM0c via @hollabackboston #streetharassment #webcomics
16. @TajaLindley Getting so tired of street harassment! Ugh, can I carry my groceries in peace?!
17. @dys_morphia I realized part of why this last visit to NYC was so pleasant was that I didn’t get any street harassment. My boyfriend was always w/ me.
18. @stuckinspincycl Street harassment is not a compliment South Beach diet bars. #notbuyingit
19. @AWOT_UK RT @jimsyjampots: First bit of street harassment since moving to London. Guy whistling and shouting things at me from a car across the road.
20. @RightMind215 #RatherGully RT @sassycrass: I think I’m gonna respond to street harassment this summer by just yelling “SHABBA!” at the offenders.
