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Street harassment snapshot: May 7, 2011

May 8, 2011 By HKearl

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:

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog
  • Hollaback
  • Hollaback Baltimore
  • Hollaback Buenos Aires
  • Hollaback Croatia
  • Hollaback Czech Republic
  • Holla Back DC!
  • Hollaback Dortmud
  • Hollaback France
  • Hollaback Israel
  • Hollaback Manchester
  • Hollaback Mexico DF
  • Hollaback NYC
  • Hollaback Philly

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

  • Stop Street Harassment, “Stop harassing our moms!”
  • Czech Position, “Women ‘holla’ out to end street“
  • The Hindu, “Fighting sexual violence against women online“
  • Bitch Media, “Takin’ it to the Streets: Cripping Street Harassment“
  • Cuffington, “Your Ass Looks Like Mary Poppins“
  • Global Room for Women, “Afghan Women Develop Unique Strategies To Combat Street Harassment“
  • Venus Geunus, “‘I didn’t want to give a strange man…my phone number and got slapped for my troubles“
  • Vue Weekly, “The threat of spring“
  • Green Prophet, “Muslims Debating Harassment, Standing Up for Women’s Rights via Harassmap.com“
  • Stop Street Harassment, “Lara Logan on ’60 Minutes‘”

Announcements:

New:

  • Congratulations to Hollaback for successfully getting a journalist fired who threatened to rape one of the Hollaback site leaders in an article he wrote
  • The Stop Street Harassment website + blog will relaunch this week with a new design and new logo! (slight delay from last week)

On-going:

  • Help fund the Hey, Shorty! on the road book tour to end gender-based violence in schools and on the streets.
  • Check out a new website, How Many Women Find Street Harassment Flattering?
  • 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

10 Tweets from the Week:

  • glittertrash One downside to studying German is that i now understand more of the passing street harassment from men. Farewell, blissful ignorance.
  • ninahighjumpThe street harassment from cars in this neighborhood makes me stabby! It’s a fucking dress! #illpunchyouintheface #ifyouwerentinacar
  • BLANK_NOISE blame game needs constant engagement. #ineveraskforit #actionhero chant
  • HollabackOttawa Spent a week with amazing 13-16 year old young women who had far too many stories of #streetharassment to share.
  • Ellwynnnnn Not sure what street harassment is worse. Angry abuse or creepy praise. All comments about my body and appearence. #annoyed
  • catladyfemme I am always taken aback by street #harassment. I’m always too shocked for a stinging retort. #sigh
  • the_beheld Oh, I get it! Men who catcall think we’re ALL on a #mirrorfast and they’re just assuring us we look presentable GEE THANKS #streetharassment
  • g3iyer 5 counts of #streetharassment this wk all while tired/dressed down/ reasonable hrs/all ‘hoods. Helps 2 share w/girls who know yuck feeling.
  • shani_o So many women I know have told me their street harassment stories since reading my post. It amazes me there are people who deny it’s real.
  • angiemaroon @ricep0d I wish I could hand out #streetharassment tickets as often as traffic cops write parking violations.
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Street harassment snapshot: May 1, 2011

May 1, 2011 By HKearl

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:

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog
  • Hollaback
  • Hollaback Atlanta
  • Hollaback Baltimore
  • Hollaback Berlin
  • Hollaback Buenos Aires
  • Hollaback Chicago
  • Hollaback Croatia
  • Holla Back DC!
  • Hollaback France
  • Hollaback Israel
  • Hollaback London
  • Hollaback NYC
  • Hollaback Philly

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

  • HR.BLR.com, “Street Harassment: A Form of Bullying Affecting Employees in the Workplace, Too“
  • OhDearism, “Blog: Tube Crush“
  • Atlanta Intown, “Hollaback Atlanta aims to end bullying“
  • The Beheld, “Feminist Reactions to Street Harassment“
  • The Times of India, “Noida cops launch drive against eve-teasing“
  • The Washington Post, “Reconciliation“
  • Bitch Media, “Takin’ it to the Streets: The ‘I’ in Street Harassment”
  • Bitch Media, “Takin’ it to the Streets: Transit Justice is a Civil Rights Issue“
  • The Times of India, “Malls to gear up to threats, to put CCTVs at vital places“
  • Yahoo Shine, “Why Men Cat Call” (also on Jezebel)
  • Arizona Daily Wildcat, “Hundreds rally to end sexual violence at Take Back the Night“
  • The New York Times, “CBS Reporter Recounts a ‘Merciless’ Assault“
  • Elevate Difference, “Hey, Shorty!: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets“
  • Radio Australia, “Crimes against women soar in New Delhi”
  • Shani O. Hilton, “Hollerin’ Season“

Announcements:

New:

  • The Stop Street Harassment website + blog will relaunch this week with a new design and new logo!

On-going:

  • Help fund the Hey, Shorty! on the road book tour to end gender-based violence in schools and on the streets.
  • Check out a new website, How Many Women Find Street Harassment Flattering?
  • 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

10 Tweets from the Week:

  • zenithfish First run-in with street sexual harassment today; not impressed Philly, not impressed.
  • natalieraymond What a shit afternoon. Witness disgusting street harassment on 6th ave then had my skirt blown up be a random wind. Stupid.
  • HollaBackBmore Thanks @CCASBaltimore for hosting us last night. Any #streetharassment convo is a good one, esp. w/such great male involvement. Loved it!
  • Hkearl Many women ages 50-80 told me their #streetharassment stories 2 day after my talk. This is not a new issue, but our collective activism is
  • iHollaback Important Announcement: Juan Terranova, who threatened to rape our site leader, has been FIRED! A huge win for all of us!
  • BLANK_NOISE how did u respond to web + phone harassment? #actionheroes http://bit.ly/juGhxF
  • rajiftw There is some epic street harassment going down today on U street! Epic, I tell you
  • danielnasaw Street harassment season has begun RT @lolaadesioye 2nd time in 1wk on same street that a man/men in a car have followed me + offered a ride
  • incurablehippie Thank you, bloke in the street, for pointing out that ‘Woah they are whoppers’. Now fuck off and die. #streetharassment
  • kariparks No, you can’t get a fucking smile. #Streetharassment
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Street harassment snapshot: April 24, 2011

April 24, 2011 By HKearl

After a short hiatus during a hectic travel/speaking month for me, I’m back with this weekly series. 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:

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog
  • Hollaback
  • Hollaback Alberta
  • Hollaback Atlanta
  • Hollaback Baltimore
  • Hollaback Berlin
  • Hollaback Buenos Aires
  • Hollaback Columbia, MO
  • Hollaback Croatia
  • Holla Back DC!
  • Hollaback Dortmund
  • Hollaback El Paso
  • Hollaback France
  • Hollaback Israel
  • Hollaback Mexico DF
  • Hollaback NYC
  • Hollaback Ottawa
  • Hollaback Philly

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

  • The Christian Science Monitor, “Street harassment of women: It’s a bigger problem than you think;” syndicated on Yahoo News
  • ACLU BLog, “Just A Smack On The Ass: A Tale Of Sexual Assault, Vengeance And Nervous Swearing;” syndicated on Alternet.org and Daily Kos
  • Bitchmedia, “Takin’ it to the Streets: Is France’s Niqab Ban Street Harassment?”
  • ShoutOut! JMU, “I Like the Way Your Tits Bounce”: Why Street Harassment Isn’t Okay and What You Can Do to Help“
  • Gender News, ““Smashing the Masher:” The early women’s movement against street harassment in America“
  • AAUW Dialog, “Volunteers Audit Safety of D.C. Streets“
  • Gender Across Borders, “Anti-Street Harassment and the DC Community Safety Audit“
  • Ms Blog, “A How-To on Youth Activism“
  • Jezebel, “France has an Image Problem“
  • OC Weekly Blog, “Artists in Santa Ana Artists Village Cover Up for One of Their Own, Accused of Sexually Harassing Minors“
  • Maine Civil Liberties Union, “Good Game”? Not Always So Good.“
  • Gizmodo, “Pervert Alert: This Camera Can See Through Clothes“
  • The Korea Herald, “Judge resigns over subway sexual harassment“
  • Metro New York, “Subway sexual harassment: Help Metro find this pervert“
  • Gizmodo, “Sketchy “Street Photographers” Descend On Boston’s Downtown Crossing“
  • The Hindu, “Fighting sexual violence against women online“
  • Calcutta Tube, “WOMEN HARASSMENT: TECHNOLOGY TO THE RESCUE“

Announcements:

New:

  • Help fund the Hey, Shorty! on the road book tour to end gender-based violence in schools and on the streets.
  • Check out a new website, How Many Women Find Street Harassment Flattering?
  • College students, enter the Hollaback essay contest, entries due August 1.

On-going:

  • 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

10 Tweets from the Week:

  • LouLaRoche #streetharassment Got whistled at on way home from park with my 5yo son. Annoyed already, I yelled “Hollaback, asshole!” and felt better.
  • always_already More #streetharassment on way to work: white van slowed down to shout at me and car behind it almost crashed into back of it. Nice
  • FatBlackDiva So, Mr. Random Man, you say you like my hair. Ok, but shld yr nxt move be to ask if I’m married? Feh. #streetharassment #foolishness
  • nawwarah82 can’t cross the street or walk anywhere for fear of harassment #SaudiFail
  • scatx That street harassment made me feel so good and so sexy today. I love it! #NationalOppositeDay
  • BeachBumMIA Street harassment is a means of control used by men who are otherwise powerless #streetharassment
  • always_already Lorry just went past, blared its horn at me + a girl behind who looks bout 14. Am wearing massive coat and baggy trousers #streetharassment
  • hollabackatlWhoop whoop. I got the term “street harassment” published on Urban Dictionary today. Next stop, Merriam-Webster. Holla!
  • huckapoo21  @hkearl @Happy_Sai I’m a guy in the U.S. and agree w u. Be a real man step up and have a discussion and cut the cat calls.
  • Happy_Sai Street harassment is not flattering, it’s disturbing and scary.
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Filed Under: hollaback, News stories, Stories, street harassment, weekly round up Tagged With: catcalls, sexual harassment, street harassment

Street harassment snapshot: March 13, 2011

March 13, 2011 By HKearl

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:

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog
  • HollaBack Atlanta
  • HollaBack Buenos Aires
  • Holla Back DC!
  • HollaBack France
  • HollaBack Israel
  • HollaBack London
  • HollaBack Mumbai
  • HollaBack NYC
  • HollaBack San Jose
  • HollaBack SoCal

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

  • Ms Magazine, “For Spring Equinox: A Global Call to End Catcalls“
  • Bust Magazine, “Ending the Silence about Street Harassment: Get Involved!”
  • The F-Word, “International Anti-Street Harassment Day – March 20, 2011“
  • Your Commonwealth, “Correspondence: Stop street harassment on 20 March“
  • Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team, “March 20th is the International Day Against Street Harassment…“
  • Change.org, “Argentinian Journalist Threatens Rape To Prove a Point“
  • New Model Minority, “Kill Me or Leave Me Along: Street Harassment as a Public Health Issue“
  • Outlook India, “Delhi Govt Turns Proactive to Protect Women“
  • Irie News, “Women Fight Back Against Street Harassment“
  • ColorLines, “Women Fight Back Against Street Harassment“
  • ESPNW, “She’s a Barbie birthday girl“
  • Global Voices, “Hollaback! Mobile Technology Against Street Harassment“
  • Care2, “Hollaback! Wants You To Participate”

Events:

  • March 15: International Approaches to Stopping Street Harassment Talk, Georgia College, Museum Education Room, Milledgeville, GA, 5 p.m.
  • March 16: Street Harassment Workshop, Georgia College, Women’s Resource Center, Milledgeville, GA, 12:30 p.m.
  • March 19: Stop Street Harassment Talk, Old Parish House/Women’s Club
    4711 Knox Road, College Park, MD, 11 a.m.
  • March 19: HarassMap is organizing anti-street harassment activism in Cairo, Egypt!
  • March 20: International Anti-Street Harassment Day – happening all over the world!
  • March 22: HollaBack London meeting, 420 Kingsland Road, unknown time

International Anti-Street Harassment Day:

It’s only two weeks away! Participate in the first annual International Anti-Street Harassment Day on March 20!!!

  • RSVP on the FaceBook Event page
  • Find out what others are doing in your area and list your plans
    • Baltimore event info on Facebook
    • Czech Republic event info on Facebook
    • Houston event info on Facebook
    • Philadelphia event info on Facebook
    • Portland event info on Facebook
    • Saskatoon, Canada, event info on Facebook
  • Download graphics in six languages & find factsheets, fliers to adapt
  • On March 20, tweet #Antistreetharassmentday and/or #March20

Announcements:

New:

  • Last week a journalist wrote an article in which he threatened to rape the leader of the HollaBack Buenos Aires group. Sign a petition calling for his resignation.
  • Watch the HollaBack video for International Women’s Day

On-going:

  • HollaBack DC! is commemorating Public Transit Awareness Month this March.
  • Writers and bloggers – want to do a book review of the new book Hey Shorty: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets? Here’s a one-pager
  • 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

10 Tweets from the Week:

  • HollabackEP Went for a lovely walk with my mom. Yeah, I still got harassed. Doesn’t matter what you’re wearing, or who you’re with. #StreetHarassment
  • bibliofeminista Street harassed on the streets of DC today by a man who yells: “Whoa, legs!” Me: “Yup, I have them.” #gross #streetharassment
  • TingyN #saynoto abuse and harassment in the street making people feel vulnerable in their every day lives
  • FeministInti Feminism isn’t a zero sum game, we can fight against street harassment, for abortion AND to end domestic violence and rape. It all counts.
  • Tweetsbian Creepy mullet dude gave me the turn-catcall-stare on a dark sidewalk. Think my ovaries have shriveled up a bit.
  • KimberlynnAce Nope…was wrong. street harassment is rampant as ever on international women’s day. All this tells me is that we gotta go to work. #iwd2011
  • Dina_T Is there some sort of sexual street harassment quota that Egyptian men are trying to achieve today? Kefaya!
  • equalitynow From FB: Passing some kind of legislation against street harassment. There is no equality while women feel unsafe. #100steps
  • SophiaAlMaria Make street-harassment a relic of pre-revolutionary #Egypt. Support http://www.harassmap.org/ on International Women’s Day.
  • disasterous007 If you ever walk alone to your car without thinking someone might attack you, this isn’t your day. #internationalwomensday
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Filed Under: Events, hollaback, News stories, Stories, street harassment, weekly round up Tagged With: anti-street harassment day, hollaback, sexual harassment, street harassment

Street harassment snapshot: March 6, 2011

March 6, 2011 By HKearl

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:

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog
  • HollaBack Atlanta
  • HollaBack Buenos Aires
  • HollaBack DC!
  • HollaBack France
  • HollaBack Houston
  • HollaBack Israel
  • HollaBack London
  • HollaBack NYC
  • HollaBack San Jose

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

  • Yahoo News, “Women rally against “Eve teasing” in S. Asia“
  • The WIP, “New Egypt Inherits Old Egypt’s Sexual Violence“
  • The National, “Lara Logan awareness rally met with anger“
  • Model Minority, “Kill Me or Leave Me Alone: Street Harassment as a Public Health Issue“
  • Feministe, “Westboro Baptist Church protests are protected speech“
  • The Times of India, “Youth held for eve-teasing“
  • Guardian, “Sister act: Women take on street harassers“
  • New York Times, “Keeping Women Safe Through Social Networking“
  • AAUW Dialog, “Participate in International Anti-Street Harassment Day!“
  • The Times of India, “Two eve-teasers arrested“
  • BG Views, “Sexual harassment remains an issue for women“
  • American Public Media, “Social networking to stop street harassment of women“
  • Jezebel, “What’s Your Worst On-The-Road Harassment Story?“
  • Echidne, “I’d Like To Get Into Your Panties“
  • Feisty Femmes, “Smile, Sexy Mama“

Events:

  • March 7: Hollaback Alberta presentation on #streetharassment during GENDER EQUALITY WEEK at the University of Alberta, 6 p.m. (Rm ED 170)
  • March 8: STARS Speaks: Featuring Hollaback!, MU Women’s Center, G108 MU Student Center, 4:30 p.m.
  • March 10: Town Hall & Community Forum on Mass Transit, NYC, 6 p.m.
  • March 20: International Anti-Street Harassment Day – happening all over the world! 

International Anti-Street Harassment Day:

It’s only two weeks away! Participate in the first annual International Anti-Street Harassment Day on March 20!!!

  • Watch the YouTube video announcing the day
  • RSVP on the FaceBook Event page
  • Find out what others are doing in your area and list your plans
  • Download graphics in six languages

Announcements:

New:

  • HollaBack DC! is commemorating Public Transit Awareness Month this March. Here’s a breakdown of the stories they’ve received this past year relating to harassment on public transportation.
  • Writers and bloggers – want to do a book review of the new book Hey Shorty: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets? Here’s a one-pager

On-going:

  • Participate in a new study for Dr. Kimberly Fairchild
  • Have an encounter with gender-based violence on NYC mass transit to share? http://tinyurl.com/transitstory (via RightRides)
  • If you live in Washington, DC, take a street harassment survey for HollaBack DC!
  • 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

10 Tweets from the Week:

  • ashleyrebeccah #streetharassment in london can be bad- being catcalled, groped on public transport, men exposing themselves- they def needed a hollaback!
  • HollaBackBmore It’s not a compliment when she’s walking home at 3am and yr in an SUV. It’s threatening. #streetharassment http://is.gd/3qAOL9
  • RightRides #worldbookday Might we suggest Hey Shorty!: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment in Schools & the Streets, and also Stop Street Harassment
  • kirbybits Nothing like street harassment to start/ruin a day. #heybiggirl #comesitthatassdownonmydick
  • irincarmon Making my liberal arts education/film theory class pay by illustrating street harassment post with a still from L’Avventura. #thesystemworks
  • littlemisskelli Him: “Mmm MMM!” Me: *walks by quickly* Him: “Fucking bitch!” YAY STREET HARASSMENT!
  • hollabackatl If you were going to make a rally sign to kick #streetharassment in the ass, what would it say? C’mon, don’t be shy.
  • andreagrimes Walking to the pizza shop today W/ MY BOYF, a dude rolled by slow in a pickup & wiggled his tongue at me #streetharassment #hollaback #gross
  • JessicaForeign #Trainharassment: I may have nowhere to go but I do have a voice. I am not a willing participant or audience to your #streetharassment.
  • huny this. RT @MoreAndAgain: @huny Rejection issues are one of the MAIN problems with street harassment, in my experience.
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