Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week and find relevant announcements and upcoming street harassment events.
Street Harassment Stories:
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Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:
Hackney Gazette, “Hackney feminists to join SlutWalk protest“
Inter Press Service News, “Street Harassment, Not ‘Compliments’“
Kate Spencer, “Today A Man Touched Me On The Subway And So I Hit Him“
Al-Masry Al-Youm, “The Sexual Harassment File: Can’t you girls take a little flirting?“
The World is Watching, “On fear of street harassment being ‘ridiculous’”
Bikyamasr, “Egypt men fight future with rape, sexual violence“
Bitch Media, “Takin’ it to the Streets: The Perfect Victim (Part II)“
Muslim Matters, “Sex & the Ummah | Sexual Harassment: A Muslim Problem?“
North County Times, “GEEZ, LOUISE: Looking ignorant, baby“
We Mixed Our Drinks, “Street harassment on a sunny Saturday“
Laura Leu’s Cyber Funhouse, “On Harassment“
Announcements:
New:
*Learn about and help fund Hollaback’s bystander campaign, “I’ve Got Your Back“
* Sign Mend the Gap’s petition to address subway harassment in Delhi, India
* The Window Sex Project is June 25, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and it’s a FREE street harassment event for Harlem women ages 18-35.
* Anti-street harassment documentary Objectified is nominated for best documentary in the Epidemic Film Festival in San Francisco
On-going:
* Help fund the Hey, Shorty! on the road book tour to end gender-based violence in schools and on the streets.
* Watch the new anti-street harassment film out of Nottingham, UK.
* If you live in Atlanta, Georgia, take a MARTA survey so Hollaback Atlanta can better tackle harassment on public transportation
* College students, enter the Hollaback essay contest, entries due August 1.
* Are you in Egypt? Use HarassMap to report your street harassers
* Have an iPhone? Download the Hollaback iPhone app that lets you report street harassers
15 Tweets from the Week:
1. NvrComfortable Things a man shouldn’t say at 11:24 at night to a woman: “aye where you going girl, I was walking right behind you girl.” #streetharassment
2. kiddododo Women need new laws and a fightback if we’re going to put a stop to street harassment
3. readheadgirl tired of being harassed b/c of my looks everytime I leave the apartment. Looking nice isn’t an invitation, jerks. #streetharassment
4. Happy_Sai Street harassment is rarely, if ever complimentary. Usually it’s just creepy and disgusting #Iamnotyourproperty
5. WriteAboutIt “You got some pretty toes,” said the creepy man on the street while ogling my boobs. #streetharassment #allday #everyday
6. hollabackdc looking to make inroads (pun intended) with @metroopensdoors. anyone know of an empathetic ear there who may get #streetharassment?
7. LiahAMaccallam Why do so many men feel it’s acceptable for a woman to have to deal with sexual harassment when she walks down the street. It makes me sick.
8. mortari @fullenglish71 @mediocredave Actually, most women find unsolicited street harassment very unpleasant. It is often threatening & intimidating
9. HollabackOttawa Retweet if you think #streetharassment is NOT a compliment. I have a name and it isn’t ‘Hey baby!’
10. jezebeljenna Walking, my arms crossed in the cold, the local street harassment c’ttee issues its verdict: “I’ll hug you, you ain’t gotta hug yourself.”
11. TheBlueStone It’s not just harassment & z disgusting words they impose on our ears 4no reason than just we happen to be women on the street #egymen #WTF
12. xoAvaAdore Walked a total og 2 blocks so far. 1 catcall per block. Why do people even still do that?
13. squidla And no, creepy dude at hotel, you cannot catcall me from your hotel door. Fuck.
14. HollaBackBmore New cities that holla against #streetharassment! @ihollabackBrmUK @hollabackWY @HollabackBrasil @HollabackBristl @hollabackCHD
15. iloveeebabs For all the guys who catcall and hoot at me while i’m walking home, get some fucking decency. #stupidasswipes.
