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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:
* Minnesota Daily, “Not Your Baby“
* Bikya News, “New Egypt anti-sexual harassment battle provides “safe car” service“
* BBC, “The Egyptian women fighting harassment“
* Huff Post Teen, “Street Harassment Is No Compliment“
* The GW Hatchet, “Students partner with Metro officials, urge commuters to report sexual harassment“
* Yahoo Games, “LEGO apologizes for ‘street harassment’ sticker“
* Slate, “Note to Lego: Harassment Isn’t a Construction-Worker Problem“
* Gender Focus, “See a woman reading? Leave her alone“
* Brute Reason, “Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot“
* Consumerist, “Dad Complains To LEGO About Leering Minifig, Teaches Everyone About Brand Licensing“
* HBCU, “Street Harassment – Underdeveloped ‘Game’ is Civility Lost“
* xo Jane, “A Day Without Headphones: My 24-Hour Street Harassment Diary“
* Telegraph & Argus, “‘Speak out to help stop intimidation in Bradford’’
* Voice of America, “Sexual Violence Widespread in India, UN Says“
* The Gloss, “It’s Spring, Get Psyched For More Street Harassment“
* Athens Ohio Today, “Anti-street harassment group launches site for Appalachia“
* This Week in Blackness, “Hey Yo Ma: A Crash Course In Street Harassment“
Announcements:
* New SSH Resource: Companies that Trivialize Street Harassment
* View photos from International Anti-Street Harassment Week 2013!
10 Tweets from the Week:
1. @liannedemello Rescued a young woman being harassed by a couple of creepy guys on the Tube. They were so surprised they backed off. #streetharassment
2. @twitdemaria The self defense classes organized by @TahrirBodyguard helped me to feel more confident when walking in streets:with no fear. #endSH
3. @fazlalizadeh Just had two random guys stop and chat with me about street harassment as I was wheat pasting a piece. Ha.
4. @sfbuzzalino Street harassment of women by men is part of the foundation of #rapeculture #slutshaming #JacksonKatz
5. @inmywindow Street harassment was the exact opposite of what I needed today. When the fuck will it stop?
6. @lilyhiottmillis Street harassment literally makes me view all men in contempt for the rest of the day #misandry
7. @captain_seb My first time going outside without a coat on and my first street harassment of the year! #murdereverybody #maybejustthemen
8. @SocialJerkBlog “Not great, I’m having menstrual cramps.” If you keep following me asking, “Ma, how you feelin” this is what you get. #streetharassment
9. @eyoMoMO The worst thing about street harassment is that it’s not so much about complimenting you as much as it is about making women squirm
10. @ArielleDRoss Preach. RT @emmajroe: There are only two seasons for Toronto cyclists — winter and street harassment.
