Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.
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Street Harassment Stories:
Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:
Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
Many of the Hollaback sites
In the News, on the Blogs:
* Awesome Women of Twitter, “Street harassment & racism“
* Knots & Crosses, “Sexual Harassment in Egypt, A Perfectionist Ideal?“
* Better off with Ken, “Ken unveils new measures to make Londoners safer in his crime manifesto“
* MSNBC, “‘Where is justice?’ Afghans march to protest violence against women“
* Julianabrit, “Manifesto To That Guy On the Street“
* Delicious Kaek, “Street harassment in Providence“
* NY Daily News, “Manhattan groper on the loose after 4 incidents, cops say“
* Empty Nest Expat, “Breaking the Silence on Street Harassment in Istanbul“
* The Blind Hem, “Hey Girl, Hey!“
* The world according to nouns (She’s a carnival), “Adventures in street harassment“
Activism Announcements:
New:
* Activists in London have successfully pressured Mayor of London candidate Ken Livingstone to propose a campaign against street harassment
* Check out Isobel Williams’ amazing design project to address street harassment
* Men in San Jose, California, share their bystander intervention retorts for when other men street harass women.
Reminders:
* If you’re in the New York City area, take this survey about harassment on public transportation.
* Gay and bisexual men, take this survey about street harassment (you can be in any location).
* 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
20 Tweets from the Week:
1. @utoledoUTURN Friend working @ mtn resort, followed by drunk tourist guys yelling I hope u have pepper spray–ur gonna need it. #streetharassment #endSH
2.@HollabackBXL #ThingsThatFrustrateMe being harassed 3 times in about 10 min in the centre of #Brussels #Bruxelles #Brussel. #endSH
3. @evaholland Street harassment levels in Yellowknife are at least 2x the already irritating Whitehorse volume. This is not an endearing trait in a city.
4. @chaneldubofsky on #facebook, someone suggests that the recipient of #street #harassment take it as compliment. head exploding. @StopStHarassmnt
5. @subculturestuff #realmendont catcall women in the streets. #streetharrassment
6. @GiuliaRozzi “Damn girl, if we got together I’d love the shit outta dat ass” – catcall/new urban marketing campaign for laxatives.
7. @jennepenne Tis the season where undergrads catcall women walking down the street with their kids.
8. @gottofly I’m NOT a CAT, I dont respond to “hisst” or anyother catcall. If you’re NOT my kid dont call me MOMMA. Ladies want MEN, NOT DOGS, or KIDS.
9. @TheNewAnnHirsch whats worse, men who catcall you on the street or men who r trying to sell u something on the street? both r SOO ANNOYING
10. @BoozyBlondBetch I don’t know why men in the city think it’s perfectly acceptable to #catcall women #ThingsThatFrustrateMe #AreYouKiddingMe
11. @marlsgastrock Excuse me, do not catcall me on west mall to try and get me to join your organization.. Definitely WILL NOT work. #degrading #rude
12. @clairesgould Alright, seriously DC? #Streetharassment twice in one day, on the same street?! #notok #ew
13. @hollabackWY On other side of the road, just saw three 10yo boys whistle and make meow noises at a 10yo girl. She looked mortified #streetharassment
14. @RapeCrisisSth Reflecting on hustings last night – why is the response to street harassment from all mayor candidates about surveillance? #ldnsafe4women
15. @t_wit99 #WhatWeTellGirls: laugh off street harassment & take it as a ‘compliment’. #IsThisReal?
16. @cockdestroyer Tips for avoiding street harassment: Travel by jetpack.
17. @_thejam_walk to turner field complete with street harassment, Oh Happy Day Mama
18. @DoYourWarDance FUCK STREET HARASSMENT. It was an EVERYDAY thing when I worked in the Regions Bank building, walking around downtown.
19. @PoppyCollinson Be nice to see this many police in central #Bristol on a weekend evening when we are basically just left to face the street harassment
20. @sarahmerra My beautiful day is getting ruined by street harassment. Men need to be taught that there are limits, and their intrusions permanently hurt.
