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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:
* France 24, “Anti-sexual harassment squads patrol the streets of Cairo“
* The Jerusalem Post, “Sexual harassment surfaces in Saudi Arabia“
* Kaleo The Voice, “Don’t let harassment win“
* For What It’s Worth, “Keep your hands to yourself.“
* Human Rights First, “Harassmap Founder Addresses Sexual Violence In Egypt“
* WTOP, “Flasher runs away after Wash. woman pulls out gun“
* Sage | The Blog, “Who You Calling A Bitch?!: Street Harassment, Issues of Fatness, and a Bathing Suit“
* Fordham Observer, “Placing the Burden of Street Harassment“
* Al-Monitor, “Sexual Harassment in Egypt: Women Are People, Too“
* Independent (Ireland), “To hell with the PC brigade, there isn’t enough wolf-whistling at women going on, says Tubridy“
* AutoStraddle, “‘Project Unspoken’ Makes Space For A Conversation About Street Harassment And Sexual Assault“
* UPI.com, “Cairo man convicted of sexual harassment“
* Bikya Masr, “The persistent battle against rampant sexual harassment in Egypt“
Announcements:
New:
* 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
* Hollaback! Edinburgh launched a “Said No One Ever” Tumblr to refute the belief that street harassment is a compliment.
Reminders:
* Register — Webinar: Street Harassment: How To Stop Feeling Helpless and Start Feeling Empowered, Dec. 6, 2012: 8 – 9:30 p.m. ET, $15
* Sign the petition: “Tell New York: Subway Sexual Assault is a Serious Crime“
* There’s a new tumblr called Street Harassment Fashion that challenges victim-blaming
* METRAC released a free “Not Your Baby App” to provide responses you can use when experiencing harassment
* 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. @havi Oh stranger, you just got SO much creepier when you said “Walk quickly, baby girl” when I ignored your marriage proposal. #streetharassment
2. @sargeaknees If yelling from a car is your best way to get my attention, you might as well yell “no one wants to have sex with meeee!” #streetharassment
3. @GraceGoodwin9 “The guy directing the blow job gesture at me makes me think he’d be good at meeting my sexual needs.”-Said no one ever #streetharassment
4. @racialicious Lopez: Lipeders Campesinas do activism via street theater at gorceries. Issues of concern: sexual harassment, domestic violence. #FacingRace
5. @BlueIceCream84 Van driver just whistled then called me a slut. In case you think it matters, I’m wearing jeans, converse, big down jacket #StreetHarassment
6. @ColonelKSpeaks @kathryNawrockyi @hkearl living in a city (DC) that’s been in a construction boom for 10yrs, wold whistling is still very very common
7. @kathryNawrockyi Do men on building sites still wolf whistle women? Really? Is that not a bit passé? Clearly antiquated street harassment is alive and well.
8. @the_eumelia I mean, isn’t there enough unwarranted #streetharassment? Now there’s a designated day?! #NationalBumSmackingDay
9. @brotherdavidson ‘Streets and Traffic’ and ‘Street Collections’ Bylaws already regulate solicitation and forbid harassment #yyj @lisahelps @cityofvictoria
10. @CDisoriented Need to find some kind of street harassment hotline. I went home and had a minor breakdown b/c there was no one I could talk to
11. @caustichazmat don’t think i’ll ever be entirely indifferent to catcalls/street harassment. are there any women who are?
12. @leeeniie dear creepy men, it is waaaay to early for street harassment. leave me alone, kay thanks.
13. @lastnora (SPOILER ALERT: street harassment is never okay, it is never a compliment, it is never our fault.)
14. @BuildActChange #WhatMakesAMan @jeffperera – talks of the experience women have everyday like street harassment. We need to start w/ a language of consent.
15. @KenSimonSays @ajones_sd @kelly_carlin Guys catcall and honk their horns at woman walking down the street. Clearly we’re not dealing w/ evolved intellect.
