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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
The Hollaback sites
Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
Street Harassment in South Africa
Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:
* Women’s Media Center, “Second-Ever City Council Hearing on Street Harassment“
* Philadelphia City Paper, “City Council hearing focuses on street harassment“
* The Guardian, “‘Hey bitch’ someone yelled out a car window. It’s what I’ve come to expect“
* The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, “Stand against street harassment“
* The Times of India, “Harassed on street? Share your story online“
* First Post, “Sexual harassment, no rights: Egypt is the worst Arab state for women“
* Morocco World, “Moroccans speak out against sexual harassment“
* Huffington Post, “Burt’s Bees ‘Let The Catcalling Commence’ Label Seems Like A Great Reason Not To Buy Their New Lotion“
* Jezebel, “Burt’s Bees Stupidly Puts ‘Let the Catcalling Commence’ on Product“
* PR Daily, “Burt’s Bees nixes packaging that encourages catcalling“
* India Today, “Girl burnt alive for resisting sexual harassment in Uttar Pradesh“
* BBC News, “India: ‘Eve-teasing’ fight-back film divides opinion“
* Huffington Post, “Listen Up Street Harassers: Enough Is Enough“
* Boston.com, “‘Street harassment’ common in Boston, advocacy group’s survey finds“
* Peru This Week, “Peru: TV presenter lands in hot water for comments about street harassment“
* Ahram Online, “Egypt women ride bikes to defy sexual harassment“
Announcements:
New:
* Save the date — International Anti-Street Harassment Week is March 30 – April 5 in 2014!
* Read about the successful Philadelphia City Council Hearing on Street Harassment on Nov. 7!
* The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence begin November 25!
Reminders:
* Donate to help fund the FIRST EVER national study on street harassment in the USA!
* Buy a copy of the new book 50 Stories about Stopping Street Harassers! Here’s how to hold a book club fundraiser for SSH
10 Tweets from the Week:
* @audiohelkuik A construction worker yelled “Hey baby!” at me on the street. I live such a cliche life. #streetharassment #omaha
* @Midnightproblem Sometimes I feel bad for ignoring guys for saying hello but after so many years of street harassment I would rather not set myself up 4 that
* @eloise265 when are people going to understand that street harassment is NOT OKAY
* @lenubienne From street harassment to song lyrics, misogyny is everywhere, and it is debilitating.
* @marciethehuman people who think street harassment are compliments: can u not
* @thesparkoflightPeople think negative attention = self worth, and when they don’t receive street harassment they consider themselves ‘unattractive’
* @_HellFrozenRain @TheRealMrWriter -i got egged on the way home once. Endured a plethora of street harassment as i had to take off my jacket
* @MegascgMastenbr man just yelled at me from inside his car, I want to lick your asshole streetharassment catcalling cc hollaback
* @TheChirpingCat New #StreetHarassment strategy: Say “Nooo Waaay” to everything regardless of content just like my favorite toddler says to me.
* @mmmariesa Nothing like good old fashioned street harassment to ruin a night before it even starts
