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Is Stop Street Harassment available at your library?

September 27, 2010 By HKearl

I love visiting libraries and checking out books.

Growing up, on Saturday afternoons my sisters and I usually accompanied our dad while he ran errands. Often the first stop was the local library.

My sisters and I would pick out several books and start reading them as soon as we got to the car. Sometimes it was hard for my parents to get us to put them down again. In one family photo, I’m captured on film at age 10 vacuuming the house (one of my Saturday jobs) with a book in hand, trying to read and vacuum at the same time.

In college, I felt the best part about writing research papers was having an excuse to walk up and down the library stacks. I spent hours browsing through books, not infrequently finding myself sidetracked from the paper topic.

Today I still visit my local library at least once a month to stock up on books to read during my 2-2.5 hour round-trip daily work commute.

I appreciate that over my lifetime, I’ve been able to read hundreds of books for free. If I had had to buy every book I wanted to read, I simply wouldn’t have been able to afford it (what book lover would)?

And now my love of books has led me to write my own about a topic I am very passionate about: street harassment.

My book is relatively expensive (you can find it for 20% off online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble), and I know that $35 or $45 for a book is not realistic for everyone.

Thank goodness library books are free!

Does your library carry Stop Street Harassment in its catalog?

If not and if you want to become better informed about street harassment and learn how you can help stop  it, & if you want people in your community to as well, consider requesting Stop Street Harassment:  Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women for your local library.

On your local library’s website, they likely will have a page called “Suggest a Title” or “Suggest a Book.” To request the book, you will need to provide your library card number, the book title (above) and author’s name (Holly Kearl). If they need an age range, it’s for teenagers and adults.

“Golden Silence,” a woman who has shared several of her street harassment stories on this blog, requested Stop Street Harassment for her library and she just informed me that the library agreed to order it. So, folks in Arlington, VA, you can check it out in 4-6 weeks 🙂

I hope that you, too, will request the book for your library. It’s a fast, easy, and free way to help make this information accessible for everyone in your community.

(And if you happen to have an extra copy or are done with yours, you can always donate it to the library. When so many libraries, including mine, are facing budget cuts, that is one way to ensure your library can carry a copy.)

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Filed Under: street harassment Tagged With: catcalls, i love library books, libraries, sexual harassment, stop street harassment book, street harassment

Weekly Round Up: August 22, 2010

August 22, 2010 By HKearl

Story Submissions Recap:

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

  • Stop Street Harassment Blog: 5 stories from people in Alberta, Canada; Baltimore, MD; Isle of Wight, UK; Delhi, India; and Leeds, UK.
  • HollaBack DC!: 2 new stories
  • HollaBack NYC: 3 new stories
  • HollaBackLDN: 14 new stories
  • HollaBack UK: 1 new story

In the News, On the Blogs:

  • Washington Post, “Man accused of spraying semen led a normal life“
  • Christian Science Monitor, “Sexual harassment in Egypt: Why men blame women“
  • AFP, “Indonesian railway launches women-only carriages“
  • Guardian, “Record and ridicule: Female cyclists expose sexist idiots online“
  • Washington Blade, “Transwoman sexually assaulted near Dupont Circle“
  • Guardian, “The end of street harassment”
  • Ms. Blog, “Stop Hitting on Me“
  • My Fault, I’m Female, “Your Friend, the Street Harasser“
  • 700 Stories, “Start Your Day With Street Harassment!“
  • Newsjiffy, “Holla back to end sexual harassment“

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
  • RightRides 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 Tweets from the Week:

  • iHollaback Street harassment always makes me feel weak. I’m strong! So are you. Hollaback at ihollaback.org
  • Deodorina say #NO to street harassment.
  • feministpundit Amazing! Who knew street harassment could be responsible for a 21st century feminist awakening?
  • c_quigley difference between a genuine compliment and street harassment.Sometimes ppl really being nice-we should support that!
  • lorenacupcake Creepster honked at me, pulled over, & gestured me in closer like a park pedophile. I yelled “NO!” and mashed, terrified. #streetharassment
  • love4duke7blue do i attract creepers? just had a catcall from a pickup truck on the strip…#seriously
  • manhattanspeak and #truestory: ive been in heated arguments w ex-boyfriend about “not minding” street harassment.
  • UK_Feminista The movement to stop street harassment is growing fast: http://is.gd/evZ6s
  • feministpundit @iHollaback ending street harassment is a project for feminists of all ages… and it is an achievable goal. Win-win!
  • christ_in_a_fox Campaigning to stop street harassment, yes please! http://gu.com/p/2j6v9/tw

Resource of the Week:

  • London Anti-Street Harassment Campaign – They’re getting great press and doing a lot to raise awareness about street harassment and the need to end it!
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Filed Under: Events, hollaback, News stories, Resources, street harassment, weekly round up Tagged With: hollaback, LASH Campaign, sexual harassment in Egypt, stop street harassment book, street harassment, women-only train

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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