After a two month (!) hiatus due to a lack of time, the weekly round-up post is back!
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Street Harassment Stories:
Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:
Collective Action for Safe Spaces
Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
Street Harassment in South Africa
Many of the Hollaback sites
Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:
* The Grio, “Street harassment: No, it’s not flattering“
* Daily News Egypt, “99.3% of Egyptian women experienced sexual harassment: report“
* The Yorkshire Times, “Bradford Residents Urged To Speak Out Against Street Harassment“
* JC Sterns, “Talking to Strangers“
* Youth Communication Magazine, “Street Harassment Is No Compliment“
* Washington Blade, “Fighting back against street harassment“
* DNA India, “Mumbai ladies’ coaches a canvas for perverts“
* Jalopnik, “Japanese Man Accused Of Slashing 1,000 Tires To Pick Up Women“
* Campus Progress, “Moving Beyond Awareness, The Conversation On Street Harassment Continues“
* The Province, “When commuters take back the bus from an abusive passenger, is it part of a growing movement?”
* The Temple News, “Carr: Silence not useful against street harassment“
* Huffington Post, “Hollaback!: Finding Effective Solutions to Street Harassment“
* Gulf News, “Women-only bus trialled in Egypt to curb sexual harassment“
* Bangor Daily News, “Do you catcall women as they walk down the street?“
* News Track India, “Egyptian party launches ‘safe’ women-only buses to ward off rampant sexual harassment“
* WNYC, “Not Taking it Anymore: One Woman Talks Back to Street Harassers“
* Women in the World, “Dear Catcallers, Go Home“
* Sugarbelly, “Nigerian Men, Entitlement, and Street Harassment“
Announcements:
New:
* View photos from International Anti-Street Harassment Week 2013!
* Sign the Change.org Petition to Lego about their pro-street harassment kids sticker.
* Check out @TheeKatsMeoww‘s video on street harassment.
10 Tweets from the Week:
* @TaraBrookeB I find it really sad how almost every girl I know has been a victim of street harassment.
* @chaneldubofsky street harassment makes getting dressed complicated for me. i know, it’s fucked up. #patriarchy #streetharassment #sexistbullshit
* @sadcypress Street harassment awareness signs on SEPTA? Awesome. http://tmblr.co/ZVSiEyjTRAEG
* @lucyliz I am getting SO SICK of street harassment. It’s not flattering or complimentary, it’s revolting.
* @hollabackWY #streetharassment witnessed last night, Duncan Street Leeds.Group of men smoking outside pub whistling & shouting at woman walking past
* @La__Rain Street harassment should be banned before 10am. Like, it should obvs be banned altogether but I need to at least have had breakfast y’know.
* @Karnythia I just have to ask why is it more important that women be nice to strangers than that they be safe from #streetharassment?
* @sirjamesa12 What’s crazy in this society is the failure of the education system to educate us on street harassment and patriarchy.
* @BKMovement Have you seen the first of @HarlowProject‘s anti #streetharassment videos? Check out Lindsay’s story http://youtu.be/hhAKmOKGlKk #bedstuy
* @sassycrass I enjoy being a woman. I DON’T enjoy street harassment, higher rates of sexual assault/violence, and 77 cents for YOUR every dollar.
