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1. @dina_hosny After turning in 2 guys to CityStars security for verbal harassment, they turned out to be police officers. Thank u for your service. #endSH

2. ‏@SaladReloaded Let me tell you something: it is exhausting to have to constantly be on high alert. #StreetHarassment

3. @Hanna_Martine I used to think street harassment was a compliment. I used to believe it made me feel better about myself. Really I didn’t know a damn thing

4. @beingtherewith i wanna walk but i don’t want to deal with the summer day street harassment

5. @theresaxtine Man on the street: “happy Mother’s Day, mama – with that pretty ass” #ugh #nyc #streetharassment #kissyoumumwiththatmouth

6. @elmandobandito …and Im experiencing street harassment from KIDS… and now I’m a “faggot.”

7. @VintageVandal Its too early for street harassment. I will CUT you.

8. @alishahidy “As a woman walking down the street, you have to be in a constant state of alertness.” Waleed Hammad. #StreetHarassment

9. @ElleDesi Street harassment is not very rad.

10. @thesoulasylum I walk almost a mile everyday, just from going back&forth to work!Think about how much #streetharassment I&other women encounter DAILY. #NYC

11. @LenaWest Ladies, It’s street harassment/Cat Call season lets play a game: Lets run toward every dude who shoutsout screaming “I LOVE YOU!”

12. @annesaintanne One of the worst things about street harassment is that after a lifetime of rejection from men, I do sometimes find it slightly flattering

13. @msbrandiebrown Responding to street harassment. Be calm confident. Statement- Stop touching me. -That’s rude -That’s street harassment. #endsh

14. @valchanelle The weather gets warm & y’all act like you have no home training. I’m sick of it. This street harassment has to stop.

15. @heySMM neat thing re: street harassment is that it never happens when I have my kids with me. I guess men don’t want to be “just friendly” to moms.

16. @AmyRubinson Got ogled by a trucker; turned my umbrella on its side so it covered my entire body & I couldn’t see him. Score: Amy 1, #StreetHarassment 0

17. @charrr_e seeing a lot of tweets about cat calling and street harassment today when will the creepy men get the message we DO NOT ENJOY IT

18. @Jahmyacoincides Street harassment is so real. I need males to learn how to not be creeps.

19. @Deneannn There should be laws for street harassment and cat calling

20. @twitdemaria The self defense classes organized by @TahrirBodyguard helped me to feel more confident when walking in streets:with no fear. #endSH

Australia: The Power of Collective Story-Telling

May 10, 2013 By Contributor

Melbourne's International Anti-Street Harassment Photowall

This is (belatedly) cross-posted with permission from Hollaback! Melbourne’s blog.

Last week Hollaback! Melbourne launched a series of initiatives as part of our celebration of International Anti -Street Harassment Week.

To the right is the photo wall – comprised of anti-street harassment messages from Melbournians. The messages are powerful. Get a closer look at the photo gallery here!

So why is it important that we engage in collective storytelling? The Hollaback! model of crowd sourcing anonymous stories of harassment, your posting to a photo wall, people participating in a Chalk Walk where messages are written on the pavement and left for others to see – what is the point of all that?

In the past when I have been harassed the experience has been an isolating one. And even though the harassment made me angry/uncomfortable/disgusted/upset I just accepted that these things happened, and that it was just going to be an occasional horrific intrusion in my day to day activities.

The message that harassment was normal was sent early – when I was a young teen men started to honk at me as I walked down the street, and a friend of mine told me that it meant I was hot and it was a compliment. Whoah, feelings of discomfort INVALIDATED.

The feelings I’ve described are part of the normalisation of street harassment – where you’re told or sent the message that it is ok, or alternatively that street harassment might not be ideal but just IS. And therefore you come to accept it (even while hating it!).

So when you engage in collective storytelling, when you engage as part of a city-wide movement like Hollaback! Melbourne, when you engage worldwide and take to the streets to protest street harassment in the same 48 hour period as others around the world you are helping create a new framework for people to think about their past experiences.

You’re helping others to problematize their everyday experiences (as well as all those things being cathartic!). People power is the only way we can end street harassment!

I’ll leave you all with some images form the Chalk Walk last Saturday on Sydney Road – by all accounts it was a wonderful experience. Passersby engaging, people stopping and chalking, and some seriously rad messages. Gallery of all images to come! Happy Friday everyone!

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Use GivingWorks to Donate to SSH

May 9, 2013 By HKearl

Do you sell items on EBay? If so, did you know you can designate a percentage of your sales to a charity?

You can!

And now, Stop Street Harassment is listed as one of those charities. Just search for our name here and then indicate the percentage you’d like to donate to us to fund our programs.

You can also make a direct donation.

Thanks!

“I am a grandma, for crying out loud”

May 9, 2013 By Contributor

I am a 46-year-old woman. I dress conservatively and changed from a skort to pants before leaving the house. While waiting for a bus on 118 Avenue in Edmonton, two separate cars with 60+ year-old men circled the block eying me and invited me into their vehicles. I was wearing no makeup and flaps. I am a grandma, for crying out loud. I felt unsafe, dirty, and angry. If i had a gun in my hand oh boy would there be hell to pay on that city street. How can I dress to avoid this?

– Anonymous

Location: 118 ave Edmonton Alberta, Canada

“Please stop harassing the ladies walking down the street”

May 8, 2013 By Contributor

Went the Grand Pacific Hotel construction site today and read this notice:

“PLEASE STOP HARASSING THE LADIES WALKING DOWN THE STREET.

WE KNOW IT’S JUST FUN TO YOU FULLAS BUT TO THE LADIES IT’S NOT ALWAYS SO FUNNY.

WE HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE COMPLAINT , IF IT CONTINUES, SOMEONE WILL BE MADE AN EXAMPLE AND TERMINATED!! (NO JOKE)”

I gotta say, I appreciate the fact that this construction company has made some sort effort in PREVENTING STREET HARASSMENT by it’s workers.

– Shyana, shared via the “Take Back the Streets” Facebook group

Location: The Fiji Islands

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