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Weekly Round Up: August 29. 2010

August 29, 2010 By HKearl

Story Submissions Recap:

I accept street harassment submissions from anywhere in the world. Share your story!

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog: 11 stories from people in East Jerusalem, Israel; South Wales (1, 2, & 3); Paris, France; Washington, DC; Athens, Greece; Rome, Italy; Victoria, Canada (1 & 2); and Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  • HollaBack DC!: 7 new stories
  • HollaBack Chicago: 2 new stories
  • HollaBack NYC: 4 new stories
  • HollaBackLDN: 9 new stories

In the News, On the Blogs:

  • The Independent, “Concern over eve teasing cases“
  • The Guardian, “The readers’ room: what you thought of G2 this week“
  • Alas, a Blog, “The Dark Side of Being Pretty“
  • Stop Street Harassment, “There will be no equality as long as women are harassed in public places” (Women’s Equality Day post)f
  • Paradigm Shift, “Hey, you. Can I get a smile?: Leah King One-Woman Show“
  • No Country for Young Women, “Emily May, Social Entrepreneur: Talking About a Revolution“

Events:

  • Sept. 2: Stop Street Harassment Book Release Event in Washington, D.C.
  • Sept 10: Stop Street Harassment Book Release Event in NYC
  • Sept. 16: “Hey, You, Can I Get a Smile?” One-Woman Show, NYC

Announcements:

  • Welcome HollaBack Como (Columbia, MS) and HollaBack STHLM (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • If you live in London, take a survey about street harassment on the London Anti-Street Harassment Campaign’s website and help influence mayoral policy
  • The book Stop Street Harassment is available online!
  • Vote for HollaBack NYC in the Paperless Choice Digital Fundraising Challenge
  • HollaBack NYC is looking for interns
  • RightRides is looking for interns & volunteers in NYC

10 Tweets from the Week:

  • missandrealuise Want to influence mayoral policy on street harassment? See London Anti Street Harassment (LASH) Campaign’s survey: www.lashcampaign.org
  • Eliza “street harassment is on the same spectrum of violence against women” SO TRUE.
  • StreetHarassmnt Man riding bike sneering at Laura & I falls over curb because he was too focused on us hot ladies! There is a god!
  • CatCall “Hey pretty!” on Ave C. I’m starting to think C stands for CatCall.
  • ThatWasLaura Seriously man? “Helloooo nurse?” what the fuck kind of catcall is that? I’m not a cartoon.
  • motheroflight What is it, Catcall Thurs? I guess the men of downtown arent ready 4 the return of skinny jeans&books. #StopCallingMeHoney
  • stephenlacour It’s 2010 and I can’t believe that old gross dudes still catcall random girls so hard.
  • kitchentop fuck u asshole who specifically stuck yr hand out 2 grope me as i passed u on the sidewalk. #streetharassment
  • TheOpEdProject Over 80% of women are harassed, just for walking on the street. Check out new book by @hkearl Stop Street Harassment http://bit.ly/a4E8Mw
  • SakuraChica I will be reading “Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women” by @hkearl. “catcalling” is NOT a compliment.
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Filed Under: Events, hollaback, News stories, Resources, street harassment Tagged With: can i get a smile, eve teasing, hollaback, sexual harassment, street harassment

Weekly Round Up: August 15, 2010

August 15, 2010 By HKearl

Story Submissions Recap:

I accept street harassment submissions from anywhere in the world. Share your story!

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog: 3 stories from a woman in Edmonton, Canada, 1 from a woman in Virginia, and 1 from a woman in California
  • HollaBack DC!: 5 new stories
  • HollaBack NYC: 7 new stories
  • HollaBack UK: 7 new stories

In the News, On the Blogs:

  • CNN, “Twitter photo helps nab suspected flasher“
  • WPIX, “Cops search for suspect in Astoria sexual assault“
  • Jezebel, “What were you wearing when you were sexually harassed?” and the poll results
  • Real Zest, “Street Harassment: Why Don’t Guys Understand It?“
  • Frisky, “How do you handle a pervert?“

Events:

  • Sept. 2: Stop Street Harassment Book Release Event in Washington, D.C.
  • Sept 10: Stop Street Harassment Book Release Event in NYC
  • Sept. 16: “Hey, You, Can I Get a Smile?” One-Woman Show, NYC

Announcements:

  • Vote for HollaBack DC! in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge
  • Vote for HollaBack NYC in the Paperless Choice Digital Fundraising Challenge
  • HollaBack NYC is looking for interns
  • Call for Artists: Women and Mobility in the City Exhibition (via Jagori)
  • RightRides is looking for volunteers in NYC
  • The book Stop Street Harassment is out in August. Pre-order it today!

10 Street Harassment Tweets from the Week:

  • peterdaou The fight for gay rights, women’s rights, human rights: if one person is oppressed, we’re all oppressed. #lgbt #women
  • jennpozner No, 19yrold douchebag following me home at 1:30 am, I am not going to invite you back to my apt. #MoveItAlong #StreetHarassment
  • WenJoMath srsly, what do you think yelling “hoochi” at me from across the street is going to get you? #streetharassment
  • Lvn2SrvHim Thank you Mr. Construction Guy. Your catcall as I walked by definitely made me feel like a puppy…a cheap one.
  • gabriellle Loves when guys in cars whistle/catcall while nearly plowing her down on the sidewalk. Nothing turns me on like you almost taking my life.
  • sararoxyoursox My rant about street harassment when I’m running. http://savemywetlands.blogspot.com/2010/08/open-letter.html
  • hkearl: when it comes 2 #streetharassment why do we have 2 spend so much time saying women don’t “ask for it” or like it? http://tinyurl.com/37s3vlt
  • piathabia Sometimes, I really hate men. #streetharassment
  • ABookishBeemer Don’t care what your excuse is. Think you have a right to talk to a woman on the street? No. You don’t. Not sorry. #streetharassment
  • Hello_Ladies I was only in NYC 10 minutes when I witnessed street harassment. Amazing.

Resource of the Week:

Men’s Anti-Violence Council

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Filed Under: Events, hollaback, Stories, weekly round up Tagged With: can i get a smile, catcalls, groping, hollaback, sexual harassment, stop street harassment book, street harassment

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