Archives for August 2016

Here are two stories that make me cheer!

Via Mic:

“They say New Yorkers are tough. But even by big city standards, nobody is as fierce as Deanna Carter, a woman who recently busted out her phone and confronted a man who tried to masturbate in front of her on the subway.

‘Rubbing your dick? What the fuck are you doing?’ Carter shouts in the mobile video. ‘Do it again and I’m gettin’ up out this chair and I’mma bust your fuckin’ ass on this train … you rub your dick when you get off the motherfucking train. Do we fucking understand each other?’

The man nods slightly, but Carter isn’t satisfied. So she tells him to get off the train at the next stop.”

Via the Spirits Business:

“French brand Vodka Mariette has taken a stand against street harassment with a new campaign that will see its delivery drivers sign an oath to never engage in catcalling….

In a bid to raise awareness of the issue and “set an example of proper conduct”, the brand – a French girls’ name that translates as ‘little rebel’ – has launched its ‘Yes to Vodka, No to Catcalling’ initiative that will require all truck drivers transporting Vodka Mariette to sign the ‘Drivers of Change Oath’.

The oath, which reads as follows, has been made public in the hope that other brands will follow suit: “I, the undersigned, agree to never be engaged in behaviour considered ‘street harassment’ or ‘catcalling’ towards any individual at any time. Such actions are defined as, ‘unwanted comments, gestures, and actions forced on a stranger in a public place without their consent and is directed at them because of their actual or perceived sex, gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation’. I understand that signing below is purely a good gesture moving forward and is in no way an admission of prior poor conduct.”