Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.
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Street Harassment Stories:
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Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
Many of the Hollaback sites
Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:
* Adios Barbie, “21st Century Street Harassment: Sneaky Snapshots on Public Transportation“
* France 24, “How bad is sexual harassment in Egypt? Our Observer rode a bus in Cairo to find out“
* Welcome to Kosovo 2.0, “Kosovo’s Streets: A woman’s perspective“
* The F Word Blog, “Street harassment starts young“
* Story qday x4d, “Today In Street Harassment“
* Nice Girls…Like Sex Too, “Do You Understand Street Harassment Now?“
* The Vagenda, “My Sexual Harassment Diary“
* Sarah w Polsce, “Pride“
* Lipstick Feminist, “I’ve seen a lot of posts lately on street harassment and thought I’d add my two cents“
* Hackney Gazette, “Sexist builders in Stoke Newington face sack after harassing women“
* FEMegal, “I ain’t yo’ baby: Street Harassment“
* Awesome Women of Twitter, “Street Harassment – Hollaback!“
* Turkish Websites, “Standing up to street harassment one story at a time“
* The Guy They Call Jay, “Women Are People Too“
* About-Face, “VisitPhilly city campaign sanctions street harassment”
Announcements:
New:
* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.
Reminders:
* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment
* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!
* Help fund a new film about street harassment
* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.
* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA
* 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
* Report #streetharassment in Pakistan at @NameAndShamePk, email nameandshame@ryse.pk, SMS 0314-800-35-68 or online at http://www.nameandshame.pk
15 Tweets from the Week:
1. @snaggle_tooth 1 reason why talking about street harassment can be difficult:sometimes it’s read as boasting by idiots who think being harassed=a compliment
2. @freedom_writer Downtown Oakland is an abyss of unforgiving and threatening sexual/street harassment. Not looking forward to walking to work today.
3. @EverydaySexism One step at a time: new post on http://everydaysexism.com describes successfully taking action against street harassment
4. @hollabackWY If I encounter any street harassment before Wednesday I shall shout at the perpetrator “DOES THE QUEEN KNOW YOU BEHAVE LIKE THAT?” #jubilee
5. @woefulfolly That’s sh*t. they were sh*t. RT @smallerworld: Ah, intimidating verbal sexual harassment on the street. Never gets tired, big clever men.
6. @REVOfucknLUTION Beyonce is definitely my best weapon against street harassment. Also bear mace
7. @ChrystalClear_ This is why I dislike and left Buenos Aires > Street Harassment: Is It Ever OK? NO http://www.seeknewtravel.com/street-harassment-is-it-ever-ok/ via @kitwhelan
8. @ashleyfryer Just got a ‘ding dong’ from a builder on the Strand. Retro classic street harassment! Needless to say he was dispatched painfully.
9. @AdiosBarbie “I feel like I’m in a catalog for rapists” says one woman who shockingly found her photo taken & posted without… http://fb.me/17PzvSmXZ
10. @FoxyJazzabelle And with summer coming & much “airier” clothing being worn, time to mentally prepare for the street harassment. -_-
11. @REVOfucknLUTION Is there a street harassment guidebook handed out? Because they ALL come with that same wack shit.
12. @DABifyouletme Can’t even wear a tank top without attracting creepers. RT @FeministaJones Another reason I don’t like summer: Street Harassment.
13. @LinseyLins There are so many street-harassment apologists out here who swear that men mean NO WRONG when they ask us to smile. Well, pls see exhibit A
14. @tofightandfly “I love street harassment! It really makes me want to give you my number” -SAID NO ONE EVER.
15. @tori_AH There needs to be a strategy pamphlet created and distributed to lay out creative and DIRECT responses to street harassment. Any tips???
