Each day over the past several days there have been scores of articles about #streetharassment as well as critiques of the Hollaback! viral video released last week. Some people have said, where is the viral video about women of color?
Well, while none of these videos have gone viral yet, there are LOTS of existing videos that have been made by women of color or are about women of color’s experiences. Unfortunately, almost no one has mentioned them in the various articles I’ve read; it’s as if no videos on street harassment ever existed before the one released last week. But they do and they matter.
And wouldn’t it be great if some of these did go viral? You can help by watching and sharing them. And of course you can always make your own!
Girls for Gender Equity’s Hey… Shorty! documentary
Nuala Cabral’s video Walking Home that even has a discussion guide.
Nuala’s group FAAN Mail has done a few more videos, including this one with teenage girls about things men have said to them and people’s stories from their soapbox event in Philadelphia in April 2014 for International Anti-Street Harassment Week.
Tracey Rose’s Black Woman Walking
Charla Harlow’s short interviews about street harassment with persons of color
Sydnie Mosely’s work on street harassment through The Window Sex Project
Here are some of her dances.
Women in San Jose share their stories
Women in the Bronx share their stories.
The Saartjie Project’s street theater
Thee Kats Meoww’s video on street harassment
Back Up! Concrete Diaries by Nijla Mumin and Monique Hazeur
The Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project’s video “Hollering Back”
Safiya Washington and Kai Davis of the Philly Youth Poetry Movement perform their poem “Stares” in Philadelphia
The Chicago Free Spirit Media teen youth’s video
DC activist Dienna Howard speaking about her experiences of street harassment as a Black woman.
Earlier this year, Dienna made her own documentary about street harassment and activism in DC.
