Story Submissions Recap:
I accept street harassment submissions from anywhere in the world. Share your story!
- Stop Street Harassment Blog: 4 new stories from people in New Orleans, Wales, Italy, and New York City
- HollaBack DC!: 3 new stories
- HollaBack Israel: 8 new stories
- HollaBack LDN: 3 new stories
- HollaBack NYC: a ton of new stories!
In the News, On the Blogs:
- AFP, “Delhi men in female-only metro forced to do sit-ups: reports“
- Times of India, “63% women face sexual harassment in PMPML buses: survey“
- CBS News: “Subway Flasher Target Breaks Silence“
- Salon: “What we learned from the subway flasher“
- Ms. Blog, “Where in the World Can Women Feel Safe?”
- Ms. Blog, “Resilience in Slums a Lesson For Cynical Western Feminists“
- Salon.com, “A virtual hideout for subway flashers“
- Jezebel, “Subway Flasher Messes With The Wrong Woman” (and the related article “The Disturbing World Of Dickflash.com“)
- CBS News, “Tables Turned On Alleged NYC Subway Flasher”
- Care 2, “Hollaback Video Inadvertently Exposes Underbelly of Sexual Predators: UPDATE“
- Al-Masry Al-Youm, “Rights groups call for stepped-up security to prevent harassment during Eid“
- Hindustan Times, “Ladies to take charge for a safe campus”
- The Gateway, “Street Harassment is Not a Compliment“
- Public Radio International, “HarassMap uses texting to fight sexism in Egypt“
- Sify News, “Trafficking, smuggling at Indo-Bangladesh border discussed“
- Clutch Magazine, “Street Harasser Messes with THE Wrong Woman“
- DNA Info, “Greenwich Village High School Launches Blog on Feminism“
- Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault Blog, “RCASA’s Saturday Prevention: Street Harassment“
- Feminist Legal Theory, “When a ‘Hello’ is not just a ‘Hello’“
- Womanist Musings, “Subway Flasher Gets More than He Bargained For“
- Change Happens, “Wait…What?”
- Feminist Teacher, “Young Feminists Speak Out at TEDxYouth“
Announcements:
- November 25 marked the first of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Find an event near you.
- Star in HollaBack DC!’s first PSA
- Are you in Egypt? Use HarassMap to report your street harassers
- Have an iPhone? Download a new iPhone app that lets you report street harassers!
- Take a street harassment survey for a Toronto-based group working to address this problem with an iPhone app
- Via Change.org: Tell New York City Council to Fund Anti-Street Harassment Advocacy & Services
Upcoming Events:
- Dec. 2: LGBTQ Focus Group on Street Harassment, Washington, DC
Ten Tweets from the Week:
- ihollaback Sign: “Warning: This construction site sexually harasses women.” AWESOME! http://bit.ly/h0Oeu2 Like women don’t have to hear, “ZOMG! Lighten up you prude! Street harassment is totes a compliment! Smile moar!” enough. #unbookmarked #bye
- lizzledc
- Tbgdgc #16dot Do your bit folks. Watch out for & speak out against Street Harassment. Together we’ll make our city safer
- andreagrimes #realamericanhero http://bit.ly/d32qwQ #hollabackny #streetharassment
- ChloeAngyal Street harassment makes me so mad I just have to SING about it: http://bit.ly/ejfcAe (h/t @HannahBarudin)
- MRambrose I forgot that street harassment turns into cruising car harassment in Tulsa, OK
- Venatore LOL @ the douche who got upset & called me mean cause I put my earbuds back in & wouldn’t engage him after he harassed me #streetharassment
- kdflygirl @MotherJustice thank you for speaking on this publicly. NYC had a forum last month to discuss street harassment, (cont) http://tl.gd/748j2j
- HOTGIRLSInc Today is our 9th Anniversary! We would like to thank all of our supporters and volunteers for helping us accomplish our mission.
- Nufanglenesse #streetharassment Getting really fed up with harassment on Brighton seafront. *Hate* that pepper spray is illegal!
