(Sorry – a day late this week!) Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past week and find relevant announcements and upcoming street harassment events.
Street Harassment Stories:
I accept street harassment submissions from anywhere in the world. Share your story! You can read new street harassment stories on the Web from the past week at:
Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:
Mideast Youth, “Sexual Harassment in Egypt (Part I: The Bad and the Ugly)“
Mideast Youth, “Sexual Harassment in Egypt (Part II: The Good News)“
Essence, “Sound-Off: The Heat Brings Waves of Sexual Harassment“
Alternet, “Eight Ways Men and Boys Are Helping to End Gender-Based Violence“
Ivy Says, “An Hour In A Lebanese Woman’s Heels“
Clutch Magazine, “Summertime Street Harassment, How Do You Handle It?“
Stop Street Harassment, “Dear Prudence, Street Harassment is Not Okay“
Jezebel, “Will You Miss Catcalls When You’re Old?“
Bitch Magazine Blog, “Takin’ it to the Streets: Class-ifying Street Harassment“
Service Women’s Action Network, “Hey Baby, Let Me See a Smile!“
Newsworks, “‘Hollaback’ strikes back at harassment”
The Sydney Morning Herald, “Egypt embarks on a sexual revolution“
Al Masry Al Youm, “The Sexual Harassment File: Can culture be blamed?“
Bikyamasr, “Another face in the crowd: Sexual harassment in Egypt“
The Telegraph, “One-stop solution for every gripe – Call centre with GIS to make debut, tender floated“
ABC News, “Feature film tackles sexual harassment in Egypt“
Announcements:
New:
* Activists in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Sudan led a day against sexual harassment through blogging and tweeting (with the hashtag #EndSH) on June 20 (and part of June 19 for those of us in the USA)
* On June 26, 2 p.m., activists in Washington, DC, will be marching to remind people that these are Our Streets, Too, and street harassment should end!
* There’s a new anti-street harassment group in Sri Lanka
Reminders/On-Going:
* The Window Sex Project is June 25, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and it’s a FREE street harassment event for Harlem women ages 18-35.
*Learn about and help fund Hollaback’s bystander campaign, “I’ve Got Your Back“
* Sign Mend the Gap’s petition to address subway harassment in Delhi, India
* Help fund the Hey, Shorty! on the road book tour to end gender-based violence in schools and on the streets.
* College students, enter the Hollaback essay contest, entries due August 1.
* Are you in Egypt? Use HarassMap to report your street harassers
* Have an iPhone? Download the Hollaback iPhone app that lets you report street harassers
15 Tweets from the Week:
1. ohbendorf I’m sick and tired– of the street harassment experienced by women, trans and queer folks, and POC.
2. shani_o Love capping off my day with a healthy dose of street harassment
3. galuk1 @Cristalzheat Street harassment sucks. Any man who thinks they have a right to comment on a woman’s body can walk out into traffic.
4. kayleesays Street harassment in Maine: When the same car drives by four times because you’re sunbathing.
5. PoshBirdGabi Company working on new Moore’s store @ Dunfield & Eglinton engages in #streetharassment. See pic http://yfrog.com/kl1eckj
6. danabalicki Every kind of transportation malfunction topped off by #streetharassment BS. #awesome
7. Fleegull Amazing that a woman who has experienced street harassment has the nerve to tell other women that the harassment they receive is positive.
8. khellonmars I have resolved how I will battle street harassment: saying quietly to myself, “God Bless You.” Brings me peace.
9. BluDissertation Last night, coming home, I had to walk fast, keep my mean mug on, and hold my purse tight. Street harassment is NO joke.
10. DonnaeWahl So, before you start making my Sunday unpleasant, ask yourself, who would Jesus street harass? #streetharassment
11. Sarahcarr Gentlemen of the world: do any of u think that women enjoy verbal harassment from strangers in the street? Be honest.
12. hkearl Happy Father’s Day to all the great anti-street harassment male allies, including my dad! male ally resources: http://tinyurl.com/3levfzw
13. MAswad I honestly believe that to #EndSh, women need to stand up for their rights, shout, fight, and kick the harasser’s ass. Simple.
14. PoshBirdGabi Called cops re #streetharassment by construction workers on my street. Cops went and cautioned them.
15. nasawiya Tomorrow, #Lebanon bloggers & tweeps join #Egypt #Syria and #Sudan to raise awareness about sexual harassment. Join in! #EndSH
