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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:
* CNN, “7 men gang rape bus passenger in India“
* Huffington Post, “To New Delhi: A Letter Back, From Washington, DC“
* Tech President, “Mobile Apps to Combat Street Harassment Follow Brutal Delhi Gang-Rape Case“
* Ms. Blog, “Being Female in India: A Hate Story“
* Indian Country, “Rape, Kidnapping Being Investigated as Hate Crime in Thunder Bay“
* The New York Times, “Is Delhi So Different From Steubenville?”
* Cosmo (UK), “You Said What?!”
* Hello Giggles, “Smile For Me, Pussycat“
* The Hindu, “Enough is enough“
* Jezebel, “SF Street Harassment Stabbing Is a Great Reminder That Catcalling Isn’t a Joke” | Hollaback SF’s response
* Business Standard, “Lecturer arrested for eve-teasing woman passenger in train“
* ZeeNews, “Haryana govt initiate efforts to check eve-teasing“
* The Independent, “The protests sparked by gang-rape in India aren’t the beginning and they won’t be the end“
* Cis White Female, “Wolf-whistle weight loss: Sexual harassment isn’t a compliment, Cosmo“
* Fit and Feminist, “Street harassment as weight-loss motivation? I don’t think so“
* Jezebel, “Singapore Anti-Groping PSA Features Terrible Puns, Victim-Blaming ‘Tips’“
* Women’s Media Center, “India Tragedy Seen as Transitional Moment“
* Mommyish, “After The Rape Stories From New Delhi & Steubenville & Everywhere, Women Are Tired – But Still #ShoutingBack“
* Fem2pt0, “We are #shoutingback against street harassment“
* Stylist Magazine, “Why women are #Shoutingback“
* Ebony Magazine, “‘I Stopped Telling Women to Smile (and You Should, Too)’”
* Three Inch Stitch, “Feminist Fridays // #1: Street Harassment“
* Left Standing Up, “40 (Un)Justifiable Reasons To Sexually Harass Me On the Street“
Announcements:
New:
* @TahrirBodyguard: Looking for volunteers to help us protecting women during the protests scheduled for 25 Jan. E Mail us. #endSH #Egypt
Reminders:
* Check out the new anti-harassment group in Sydney, Australia, “People Against Street Harassment“
*Follow Stop Street Harassment on Tumblr
* Read Jennifer Harrison’s dissertation, “Gender segregation on public transport in South Asia: A critical evaluation of approaches for addressing harassment against women.”
* Check out the Tumblr “Ish people say to me on my way to the train“
* HoodRules thebook is now available!
* Check out the project CATCALLED: the stories of 11 women in New York City from two weeks in August 2012, now online.
* Baltimore, MD, folks — take a survey about street harassment for Hollaback! Bmore
* METRAC released a free “Not Your Baby App” to provide responses you can use when experiencing harassment
15Tweets from the Week:
On Tuesday, @EveryDaySexism started a tweet chat about street harassment using the hashtag #shoutingback. Thousands of women have shared their stories!
1. @mujer_cita_MIA it would take me a month just to RT a small portion of the stories being shared on #shoutingback right now ~ #streetharassment
2. @iTingTrout @sarah_lafferty I hear ya. #BeingStaredLikeAnObject is a form of #StreetHarassment
3. @arthurstodgyn @EverydaySexism #ShoutingBack Street harassment. Twice in one evening.
4. @Watermarked Jeering from a car. Thanks assholes. #Streetharassment
5. @a_wonderlandd Last night I dreamt of being harassed but instead of being quiet, I fought back…this is symbolic of my new mindset & passion to #endSH
6. @Grammar_nazzzi @abhijitmajumder Every single Delhi girl has been a victim of street harassment Abhijit. Unless they live in their own utopian world.
7. @MissDC2009 I am happy to report that @Cosmopolitan removed the article supporting street harassment cc: @SafeSpacesDC @hkearl @StopStHarassmnt
8. @Moominmamma12 @EverydaySexism When I studied in France in the 90s the street harassment far outweighed anything I’d experienced at home & could be scary.
9. @MNM103 They disgust me.Their street harassment is not complementing at all.I don’t think ANY girl takes it as a complement. It’s highly annoying.
10. @ashish0712 #Help, Anyone in Goa “@makeysitlhou: Worst case of street harassment just happened. Anyone know people in the law enforcement in Goa?”
11. @CromulentGamer Don’t get why men think they can demand phone #’s. Who wants to go out with a man who intimidated them into a date? #ShoutingBack #logic
12. @fyeahmfabello #StreetHarassment doesn’t make me feel attractive, desirable, or worthwhile. It makes me feel degraded, devalued, and scared. #ShoutingBack
13. @TheBestDefense To the men on my feed: We have the power to stop street harassment. Don’t do it. Don’t let other men do it. #ShoutingBack @EverydaySexism
14. @MsEntropy I was sexually harassed/assaulted wearing this. Was it my clothing? #EndSH pic.twitter.com/5DcLNcD8
15. @jessica_alice_ The #shoutingback hashtag documents the aggressive street harassment faced by women every single day. Reason #8124274 “why we need feminism”
