Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week.
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Street Harassment Stories:
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Many of the Hollaback sites
In the News, on the Blogs:
* The New York Times, “Meet the Superheroes of Delhi” & Oprah.com, “The Everyday Superheroes of India“
* Egypt Independent, “In ‘the third place’, I want everything but sex“
* Sarah Ditum, “The catcall, translated“
* The Guardian, “Wolf-whistling is just the start – harassment is not harmless”
* Daily Mail, “Cheer up darlin’! …well perhaps I will when men stop making stupid, sexist remarks“
* Blonde Ambition, “Dear Rick Dewsbury, You Are Clearly Stuck In The 1950s, Sweetheart.”
* The Telegraph, “Wolf-whistling “could be made illegal” under new European convention“
* Jezebel, “Wolf-Whistles and Cat-Calls Still Legal in Europe, Despite What You Might Have Heard“
* Dawn Foster, “Background Noise” & Storify post
* Express, “HOW WOLF-WHISTLING COULD GET YOU A CRIMINAL RECORD“
* The Telegraph, “The danger in defining sexual harassment“
* TBD.com, “Metro wants better ways to report sexual harassment“
* The Examiner, “Metro pledges to address sexual harassment on system“
* The F Word Blog, “Blaming the victim – as usual“
* Latin America, “Argentina: Women suffer from sexual harassment on the street, a social problem“
* The Times of India, “Women’s safety: Cops release handbook“
* The Hindu, “Chennai leads in lodging of police complaints online“
* Daily Mail, “Commuter accused of sex act on train walks free from court after telling court he was strumming an ‘imaginary banjo’“
* Mid Day, “‘Rowdy Rathore’ helpline to take on eve-teasers this Holi“
* RH Reality Check, “Hollaback: Bringing Sexual Harassment Above the Radar“
International Anti-Street Harassment Week Updates:
*Over 100 organizations, groups and college campuses from 17 countries are co-sponsoring Anti-Street Harassment Week. Any group is welcome to become a co-sponsor.
* Watch videos where several participants of Anti-Street Harassment Week talk about why they’re involved.
* Artists anywhere: submit your artwork to be included in an art exhibit on street harassment in Washington, DC on March 18, 3-9 p.m. Details.
* Plan for International Anti-Street Harassment Week, March 18-24…register your event
* Find out what’s happening in your area.
* What were you wearing when you got stared at or street harassed? Submit your photo
Activism Announcements:
New:
* In Washington, DC, thanks to activists speaking out, the transit system launched a new way to report sexual harassment
* High school students in Chicago created a 30-second anti-street harassment PSA through Free Spirit Media
Reminders:
* College men in the USA share tips on how men can stop street harassment
* SSH founder Holly Kearl is quoted in the March 2012 issue of Cosmo magazine with advice on dealing with gropers. Read an extended version of her advice on the blog.
* The Adventures of Salwa campaign has a hotline for sexual harassment cases in Lebanon: 76-676862.
* In Bangalore, India, there is a helpline for street harassment 080 – 22943225 / 22864023
10 Tweets from the Week:
1. @aliciasanchez whole TL is talking about #streetharassment on international women’s day. we have so much work to do to be safe in our bodies in this world.
2. @clairesgould #streetharassment on Connecticut Ave on a Thurs night? Really? What did you hope to accomplish by yelling “hey legs!” at girl walking alone?
3.@theriverfed Sounds like my life. Less now I’m older. RT @mikeb476: storify.com/dawnhfoster/st… Sexual harassment of women on the street.
4. @nmoawad Salwa and her new friends! #endSH #nasawiya twitpic.com/8u1yvb
5. @DawnHFoster Right, here’s a quick blog post on street harassment: bit.ly/wrgAjT & standalone storify of women’s experiences: bit.ly/yWkeIY
6. @danyeeeezy levels of street harassment are highly correlated with the outdoor temperature.
7. @mernathomas U can’t rationalize sexual harassment no matter how many times it happens to you. Always the same humiliation #endSH #egypt
8. @jenninsfw Does anyone else ever get the urge to catcall construction workers when driving by? #2wrongsdontmakearight
9. @sallyNassar Yesterday marks my very first middle finger-ing to some sexual harasser #endSH #IWD
10. @HarrietThugman Ugh. I went 30 blocks without harassment…soon as I pass 110th street…the Black men have to bother me…UGH
