SSHIntern, Author at Stop Street Harassment

* Stop Street Harassment is co-sponsoring the Rally Against Rape and Take Back the Night in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, 6:30 p.m. and will have a table with materials and stickers!

Reminders:

* Did you participate in International Anti-Street Harassment Week? Please fill out this report form where you can say how your action went (no matter how big or small). This information will be used for the annual wrap-up report and potentially for articles about the week.

10 Tweets from the Week:

* @raquelitaroman: The irony of writing a paper on street harassment while a man in his fifties has been staring at me for 2hrs is just too real.

* @natmartinezzz: Ah, street harassment. Part of the reason I never go anywhere ever.

* @Tigershah26: Catcalling isn’t a compliment. Its abuse. Street harassment is abuse. Stop. It. #RapeCulture

* @ConsentHousecat: I am tired of these false equivalency derailment comments men make when I air grievances of street harassment.

* @pitytheviolins: Staying with my friend in Washington Heights. Dear lord the street harassment.

* @Jazmyn914: It’s really unbelievable to me that some people truly do not think that street harassment is a real thing

* @RSwirling: Cars slow down. Guys block my path. But having a car guy drive his car onto the sidewalk to block my path, that was new. #streetharassment

* @richhumofair: That type of street harassment where a guy sees you for a half a sec & that’s still enough time for him to honk, wave & smile as he drives by

* @mac_em: Well tonight was a particularly bad night for street harassment…. Thanks for making my walk home super uncomfortable

* @SagieLouWho: Guys who say street harassment isn’t a big deal have probably never had ‘SLUT’ yelled at them from a passing car.

What I Taught My Mom

April 19, 2014 By SSHIntern

By Kendra Corbin, SSH Intern

After what seems like an eternity of winter, spring is finally here! This means that my college graduation is just around the corner and that my time spent as an intern with Stop Street Harassment is coming to an end. This internship has been an amazing opportunity for me to learn more about the issues of women around the world. It’s also given me the opportunity to educate my family and friends about harassment in public spaces.

I’m mostly grateful to have had the chance to educate my mom about street harassment. My mom is an incredible woman. She’s empowered, supportive, and beautiful inside and out. She comes from a generation when street harassment was not given the attention that it deserved. It seems that street harassment was once considered something that women just had to deal with. However, over the last few months, she has listened to me talk about my internship, my personal encounters with harassment, and has read every article that I’ve written (hi mom!). She shares my articles on her Facebook page so that her friends can read about street harassment, as well. I cannot express how wonderful it’s been to watch her transition from not having much of an opinion on street harassment to now actively engaging with me in conversations about it.

For International Anti-Street Harassment Week, I planned a small chalking event on my college campus. My wonderful boyfriend joined me along with other students at Shenandoah University to chalk empowering, pro-respect messages around our campus. When I spoke to my mom after the event, she said to me, “I had thought about asking you if I could come and help you, but I didn’t want to embarrass you by having your mom there.” That moment both broke my heart and made me smile at the same time.

* First, I would never be embarrassed of the woman who gave me life.

* Second, I would have been proud to have had my mom join me in taking a stand against street harassment. The fact that she even wanted to help still means the world to me.

I would just like to thank my mom for being so supportive of me. She listens to me talk endlessly about street harassment, rape culture, and feminism. She takes an interest in what I care about. I couldn’t ask for a better mom. Finally, I would like to say how grateful I am that this internship has allowed me to connect with her on new level. Hopefully neither one of us will ever forget what we’ve learned together.

Kendra Corbin is senior at Shenandoah University. She is majoring in Mass Communications and minoring in Women’s Studies.

Digest of Street Harassment News: April 14, 2014

April 14, 2014 By SSHIntern

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Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can also read street harassment stories on the Web at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

Everyday Sexism

HarassMap in Egypt

The Hollaback Sites

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Safe City India

Safe Streets in Yemen

Street Harassment in South Africa

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

* ThinkProgress, “Hundreds Of New Yorkers Rally Against Street Harassment: ‘I’m Not A Dog, Don’t Whistle At Me’“

* Flavorwire, “Self-Portraits Offer Creative Response to Street Harassment“

* Hollaback Boston, “International Anti-Street Harassment Week Chalk Walk Recap“

* New York Times, “An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste“

* CNN, “Is Egypt in the midst of a sexual harassment epidemic?“

* Ahram Online, “Egypt’s new anti-sexual harassment law submitted to cabinet“

* The Guardian, “Flirtation or sexual harassment? Here’s how to tell the difference“

* AllAfrica.com, “Leering Glances – the Silence on Sexual Harassment Is Untenable“

* MiamiHerald.com, “Movement enlists bartenders to protect women from sexual harassment“

* Away She Goes, “Street Harassment and Traveling Advice for Women“

* The Astute Bloggers, “How Effectively Will Egypt’s New Government Combat Sexual Harassment?“

* NY Mag, “Ending Sexual Harassment Will Not Make It Harder to Get Laid, Promise“

Announcements:

New:

* SSH Founder Holly Kearl and board member Patrick Ryan McNeil will join Collective Action for Safe Spaces on a panel about street harassment at the George Washington University on Wednesday, 7 p.m.

10 Tweets from the Week:

* @awlzr: Had the worst street harassment experience of my life. What gives people the right to f*cking shout slurs a person bc she wont turn around

* @kirstyboo79: If you hear a girl had her arse grabbed in Cambridge & yelled at the perv, that’s me. My body, my rules. F*cking prick. #streetharassment

* @teacup: The amount of street harassment I got last night was f*cking insane.

* @tala_roo: I somehow missed the memo that spring was also street harassment season -_-

* @_arnesa_: In what world do men think it’s okay to “holler” at a girl as she is coming out of a doctors office #EndSH

* @fyeahmfabello: These men actually just bowed down to a woman’s ass on the street while hooting and hollering. What the actual f*ck. #EndSH @HollabackPhilly

* @britt_turtle: Just got followed by an obvi mentally ill dude jerking off while saying nasty things to me… #ThisIsMyLA #streetharassment

* @RSwirling: Sometimes I say hi to men who say hello in hopes that it’s friendliness, not #streetharassment. Every time I end up wrong & objectified.

* @laurennn: This guy just hollered at me from his stoop. His toddler DAUGHTER was right next to him #wtf #streetharassment

* @peacockprince: it is so hot it’d be nice to go walking outside today too bad about that street harassment thing tho huh

Digest of Street Harassment News: April 7, 2014

April 7, 2014 By SSHIntern

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Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

Everyday Sexism

HarassMap in Egypt

The Hollaback Sites

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Safe City India

Safe Streets in Yemen

Street Harassment in South Africa

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

* Teen Liberation’s Toolbox, “Stop Street Harassment Week (March 30th – April 5th, 2014)“

* The State Hornet, “Upskirting must be viewed as an issue of privacy and sexual harassment“

* WBEZ, “Art series in Chicago takes on street harassment of women“

* New York Times, “Addressing Harassment on the Streets and Subways of New York City“

* Ms. Magazine, “Celebrate International Anti-Street Harassment Week“

*Philly.com, “Tired of catcalls? Now you can publicly shame your harasser“

* Philadelphia Magazine, “Ad Campaign Targets ‘Street Harassment’ of Women“

* Athens News, “Take Back the Night just one important event in full week“

* Newsworks.org, “Local activists call for an end to street harassment“

* Huffington Post, “Street Harassment: Getting the Message“

* Republica, “Campaigning for safer public spaces for women“

* Styleite, “What What Happens When a Female Journalist Catcalls Men“

* DNAInfo, “Giant Inflatable ‘Street-Harassment Cat’ Erected to Combat Catcalls“

Announcements:

New:

* View photos of Anti-Street Harassment Week actions that took place!

10 Tweets from the Week:

* @JulieSLalonde: Wow! Weather is finally nice so I guess that’s some douchebag Bat Signal for “Be Creepy.”

* @Besito86: Why do so many men who choose not to harass women and girls in the street say nothing about it when they see it happening? #endSHnyc

* @DiennaHoward: Man said “Ooh, sexy” at me. I said “Don’t talk to me like that” then said “SHOW SOME RESPECT!” 3x. He walked away. Good! #streetharassment

* @pupypupypupy: The #streetharassment in this city is enough to make me want to live at the bottom of the ocean

* @ViaMarsala18: To the truck driver who honked/waved at me while I was struggling through last half mile of my run: go f*ck yourself. #streetharassment

* @cupcakelindsay: A guy just whistled at me outside my apt. I’m sweaty and in my work uniform… Also I’m not a dog. #streetharassment

* @cleveil1: Oh haaay, #streetharassment, didn’t miss you this winter.

*@babylolitadoll: Some boy sarcastically shouted hey to me and carrigan and when we said shutup, he relied with ‘ugly bitches’ #streetharassment

* @providedbyhaley: Catcalls are disgusting, disrespectful, and POINTLESS. I hope the people that make them get rocks thrown at their cars.

* @FeministFists: In Worcester for 5 min, already street harassed. “Oh, beautiful…” while he bikes by. “Oh, creepy…” was my response. #EndSH

Digest of Street Harassment News: March 31, 2014

March 31, 2014 By SSHIntern

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Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

Everyday Sexism

HarassMap in Egypt

The Hollaback Sites

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Safe City India

Safe Streets in Yemen

Street Harassment in South Africa

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

* The Nation, “Eve-teasers on rampage in Rawalpindi“

* Zee News, “Personal stories of sexual violence enacted on stage“

* College Candy, “Get Involved In International Anti-Street Harassment Week 2014“

* Fierce, Freethinking Fatties, “As a Fatty, My Street Harassment Isn’t Your Street Harassment“

* International Business Times, “Cairo University Sexual Harassment: Are Egyptian Women Safe?“

* Shanghai Daily, “Sexual harassment rampant in Nepal’s public transport“

* The New Political, “F*ckRapeCulture: Street Harassment is rape culture“

* The Guardian, “‘All men beat their wives, one day you will do the same’“

* Huffington Post, “Stunning Self-Portrait Series Responds To Street Harassment In Perfect Way“

* LS Media, “Ending street harassment: an interview with Reclaim the Night’s Rachel O’Byrne“

* Daily Xtra, “Hey Baby, Nice Wheels“

* HLNtv.com, “Catcalls ‘n Candy?! This viral Snickers ad is confusing“

* Collective Action for Safe Spaces, “Anti-Street Harassment Week starts March 30“

* Roboseyo, “Hollaback Korea: Taking a Stand Against Street Harassment“

Announcements:

New:

* Read the 10 Things to Know for International Anti-Street Harassment Week to get up to speed and find out how YOU can participate, March 30 – April 5! Join the conversation online by using the keyword #EndSHWeek

* View photos of Anti-Street Harassment Week actions taking place this week!

* Last week Snicks released a confusing and offensive television ad about construction workers and street harassment. Our response: men aren’t naturally street harassers and women never owe men their attention on the street. You can sign our Care2 petition and let Snickers know what you think about it.

10 Tweets from the Week:

* @kiwinerd: Would getting rid of my tits stop street harassment? Would it open the door to assault on the basis of being visibly #trans? #gender

* @megans_law: Remarking on the magnificence of my ass will not earn you a blow job. Better luck next time. #streetharassment

* @cinefeminism: @EverydaySexism the #sexism and #streetharassment is just too much. Guy to me the other day: “you look like you need to be raped.” #feminism

* @GIRLEMPOWER: I was shoe shopping just now and a creepy guy came up and said, “wow, those would look sexy on you.” …I said, “Yeah, the heel could stab you in the brain.” He walked away. Go figure. #streetharassment

* @PorshaKingShow: Just helped a woman being street harassed (at best) give a descr. to the police of offender. He followed her to Mcds, had her trapped inside. #endsh

* @sheilasheila: Oh, I guess it’s street harassment season? Just let me get my god-damn pizza in piece. #pieceinpeace

* @QueensofMasr: “Damn you look fine” by a crusty old man at the bus stop #StreetHarassment then passes by me again to look at my butt

* maddythepratt: If you ever try and tell me misogyny doesn’t exist and that street harassment should be taken as a complement I will literally fight you.

* @Miss_CTINA: Well it seems like street harassment season is back. Absolute worst thing about warmer weather. Ugh.

* @xCasina: I promise men think the only validation women get is from their catcalls. Like we personally owe them Thank You cards for every “aye ma”