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Street Harassment in South Africa
Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:
* Teen Liberation’s Toolbox, “Stop Street Harassment Week (March 30th – April 5th, 2014)“
* The State Hornet, “Upskirting must be viewed as an issue of privacy and sexual harassment“
* WBEZ, “Art series in Chicago takes on street harassment of women“
* New York Times, “Addressing Harassment on the Streets and Subways of New York City“
* Ms. Magazine, “Celebrate International Anti-Street Harassment Week“
*Philly.com, “Tired of catcalls? Now you can publicly shame your harasser“
* Philadelphia Magazine, “Ad Campaign Targets ‘Street Harassment’ of Women“
* Athens News, “Take Back the Night just one important event in full week“
* Newsworks.org, “Local activists call for an end to street harassment“
* Huffington Post, “Street Harassment: Getting the Message“
* Republica, “Campaigning for safer public spaces for women“
* Styleite, “What What Happens When a Female Journalist Catcalls Men“
* DNAInfo, “Giant Inflatable ‘Street-Harassment Cat’ Erected to Combat Catcalls“
Announcements:
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* View photos of Anti-Street Harassment Week actions that took place!
10 Tweets from the Week:
* @JulieSLalonde: Wow! Weather is finally nice so I guess that’s some douchebag Bat Signal for “Be Creepy.”
* @Besito86: Why do so many men who choose not to harass women and girls in the street say nothing about it when they see it happening? #endSHnyc
* @DiennaHoward: Man said “Ooh, sexy” at me. I said “Don’t talk to me like that” then said “SHOW SOME RESPECT!” 3x. He walked away. Good! #streetharassment
* @pupypupypupy: The #streetharassment in this city is enough to make me want to live at the bottom of the ocean
* @ViaMarsala18: To the truck driver who honked/waved at me while I was struggling through last half mile of my run: go f*ck yourself. #streetharassment
* @cupcakelindsay: A guy just whistled at me outside my apt. I’m sweaty and in my work uniform… Also I’m not a dog. #streetharassment
* @cleveil1: Oh haaay, #streetharassment, didn’t miss you this winter.
*@babylolitadoll: Some boy sarcastically shouted hey to me and carrigan and when we said shutup, he relied with ‘ugly bitches’ #streetharassment
* @providedbyhaley: Catcalls are disgusting, disrespectful, and POINTLESS. I hope the people that make them get rocks thrown at their cars.
* @FeministFists: In Worcester for 5 min, already street harassed. “Oh, beautiful…” while he bikes by. “Oh, creepy…” was my response. #EndSH