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Weekly Round Up: August 1, 2010

August 1, 2010 By HKearl

Story Submissions Recap:

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

Stop Street Harassment Blog: There were 5 stories from contributors in Vancouver, London, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Delhi.
HollaBack Chicago: 2 new stories
HollaBack DC!: 9 new stories
HollaBackLDN: 9 new stories
HollaBack NYC: 5 new stories
HollaBack UK: 10 new stories

In the News, On the Blogs:

Bitch Media, “Feelin’ Pervy: GQ’s “Pantless Saturdays“
UNICEF, “UNICEF supports efforts to end sexual harassment of girls and women in Bangladesh“
Men’s Anti-Violence Council’s Blog, “Conversing with the street harasser“
Britticisms, “When a girl is a woman“
MadCrazies, “I guess my reactions to street harassment are unusual?“
Ibn Ibn Battatu, “Hating Hijabs or Badgering Blondes: What’s the Difference?“
Clutch Magazine, “Bottom Heavy“
Teen Source, “What can a video game do to stop street harassment?“
Alas! A Blog, “On ‘Hey Baby’ And The Invisibility Of Managing Sexual Harassment (Invisible To Men, I Mean)“
Stop Street Harassment, “Connections between street harassment and sex work“

Announcements:

Vote for HollaBack DC! in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge
Vote for HollaBack NYC in the Paperless Choice Digital Fundraising Challenge
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 Aug. 30. Pre-order it today!

10 Street Harassment Tweets from the Week:

Mdotwrites Just had a street harassment moment on Rhode Is. + 3rd. I felt Like Oprah in Color Purple right before she goes to jail.
ethuiel Is barking the new catcall? Twice or thrice I would shrug, but this is confusing – I thought “woof” applied to dogs, not girls?
lpipes just angrily confronted a man who was following me down the street taking pics of me #HARASSMENT/STALKING
mmmbutters @blondemonde someone catcalled me from a PROFESSIONAL truck, so I called the number & told their boss.
tromano #1 reason I do not miss living in nyc? continuous sexual harassment on the street. continuous http://hollabacknyc.blogspot.com/
RENEGADE_C Working downtown equals street harassment. #LeaveMeTheFuckAlone
ShelbyKnox Reps from @ihollaback talking about street harassment. Male rep: ” I lived in a different city than female friends…it was a power dynamic”
Hkearl Connections between street harassment and sex work http://tinyurl.com/26f7b36
KiangaEllis @iHollaback I’m different since reading about you. I believe together we can change the culture. Women will go froth harassment free
Chris__Richards Washington ladies: Does DC have the worst street harassment in America? Seems insanely over the top here.

Resource of the Week:

The website “A Woman in Cairo” (focuses on public sexual harassment in Cairo)

Weekly Round Up: July 18, 2010

July 18, 2010 By HKearl

Story Submissions Recap:

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

Stop Street Harassment Blog: There were 9 stories from contributors in: India, Spain, New Jersey, Virginia, Walsall, UK, Reading, UK, California, Costa Rica, and Massachusetts

Hollaback DC!: 11 new stories
HollaBack NYC: 3 new stories

In the News:

Forbes.com article on commuter harassment (written by me) and syndicated on ABC News (the business section!)
AFP article on eve teasing and suicides in Bangladesh
In India, Transjakarta Bus stops will have women police officers and security cameras to curb sexual harassment
“Men Taste Sex Harassment Gauntlet“

Interviews:

HollaBack DC! interviewed Lisa, the founder of HollaBack Toronto
The Daily Femme interviewed me

10 Street Harassment Tweets from the Week:

jennpozner Bklyn dudes, when’ll you realize your “How YOU doin?” street harassment is as tired as a Friends rerun?
barcc Street harassment=attempt to control the physical public space, but always feels so personal.
TashCas Another day, another slur of street harassment thrown my way. Ugh. Odds of a gun/knife getting pulled on me if I talk back…?
sboehmer No, it’s not that I’m shy. It’s more that your commentary on my “sweet ass” isn’t deserving of my attention. #streetharassment
ShoDav Why can’t men just keep their mouths shut? Catcalling is rude and unnecessary. Ugh.
hollabackdc thanks 2 @rendsmith for contacting OAG after reading this http://bit.ly/bIoV7r. <3 community response to street harassment.
RightRides no license? no problem! u don’t need 2 drive 2 volunteer on a @rightrides driving team. email volunteer@rightrides.org 4 info
ForbesWoman Stop Commuter Harassment. It’s a problem 80 to 100% of women face and employers should take note @forbeswoman http://cptl.st/9xcmPS
UpliftMagazine Welsh PSA’s, Hey Baby & Schrödinger’s Rapist – Street Harassment, It All Adds up! http://tinyurl.com/3xktlcd
jessielovesyu Street harassment needs to stop. #fuckpatriarchy

Resource of the Week

It Starts With You Campaign

Weekly Round Up: July 3, 2010

July 3, 2010 By HKearl

Story Submissions Recap:

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

Stop Street Harassment Blog: There were 6 stories from women in Burbank, CA; Arlington, VA; Louisville, KY; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; and Tel Aviv, Israel.
Hollaback DC!: 17 new stories
Hollaback NYC: 1 new story
Other: Kari Parks wrote, “This what street harassment feels like;” Amelia Wells wrote, “So, I’m pretty? That doesn’t oblige me to sleep with you,” Meloukhia wrote, “Thanks for the Pall, construction worker.”

Interviews:

Interview on Amplify Your Voice with filmmaker Nuala Cabral about her film “Walking Home.”
Interview on Holla Back DC! with filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West about her film “War Zone.”

In the News:

A blogger for Transit Miami asks, “ Does a woman have equal right to mobility in the city?“
Rape Crisis Scotland & the Scottish Government launched a “Not Ever” television ad and online campaign against rape and victim-blaming.
Psychological violence (including verbal harassment) is now a crime in France.
59% of harassment women in the Netherlands experienced in 2009 occurred at public places like the street, transit stops, and restaurants.
NYPD may be regularly downgrading reported sexual assaults.
The Line Campaign wrote, “Street harassment is violence, too!“

10 Street Harassment Tweets of the Week:

iHollaback: How come no matter how much you talk about street harassment, it’s still shocking and scary when it happens?
mkpheartsnyc: Gotta love that it’s never too early for street harassment.
MissDC2009: The stories on @hollabackdc infuriate me so much, I called my parents yesterday to tell them that I’m going to law school. I need to help
femmeniste: I hate walking down the street KNOWING that a man is looking and waiting to say something gross as you pass by. #StreetHarassment #NYC
thekateblack: E. Village street harassment stoops lower. Not 1, but 2 men blocked my path. 1 reached in front of me 2 prevent me crossing
feministhulk: HULK TRY TO OPEN MIND, SMASH EPISTEMOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS WHICH LIMIT HULK’S THOUGHT, BUT HULK WILL NEVER GET CAT-CALLING.
lorenacupcake: Street harassment is getting so bad I’m almost wishing for winter, wrapping my body in wool armor against the stares and comments of men.
ashleyrebeccah: Guy says I look cute. I ignore him & he asks didn’t u hear me? Yes I fucking heard u I just want u to leave me alone! #streetharassment
kerinrose: Awkward fratboy-in-a-cab catcall of the nite: “I can see my reflection in your pussy!”
allfallsup: i love dresses but hate how nasty older men catcall to me like i want em…ewww you got wrinkled balls dude.

Events:

July 8: HollaBack Launch Party in Brooklyn, NY, 7 p.m.

Announcements:

Blank Noise in India is asking for contributions defining Action Heroes in the context of street harassment.
Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe & Welcoming for Women is available Aug. 30. Pre-order your copy today!

Resource of the Week:

“Not Ever” Campaign from Scotland

Weekly Round Up April 4, 2010

April 4, 2010 By HKearl

Stories:

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

On this blog, a woman in Kentucky told how a man tried to walk with her and her friends, a man in Bavaria, Germany, calls a woman a “fat cow,” a woman in London shares three street harassment recollections, and a woman in Virginia tells how a man harassed her while she was running.
On HollaBack NYC a woman shares how a man masturbated at her on the R subway train and she reported him to the police and a male ally spotted a man harassing women walking by while wearing his work uniform so the male ally is going to report him to his company.
On HollaBack DC! a man harasses a woman while she waits for the light to change, another man progresses from catcalling a woman on the street to stalking her in a store, and another woman got an apology from a harasser when she told him she didn’t like what he was saying.
On HollaBack Toronto, a woman tells how a man followed her after work.

In the News:

Rape reports on the Washington, DC, metro system got “lost in the shuffle”
“The nightmare of sexual harassment in Egypt“
“In Mideast countries, women feel safer in ‘pink taxis’“
AAUW’s blog Dialog has a guest post from HollaBack DC! about the history of street harassment activism in Washington, DC

Announcements:

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Here are 10 activism ideas for how you can raise awareness about this widespread problem and/or help raise funds for preventative programs and resources for survivors.
Take two street harassment surveys and help researchers studying this problem.
The submission deadline for an anthology on Queering Sexual Violence is extended until May 1, 2010.
The Safe Delhi Campaign is looking for volunteers and interns.
Blank Noise in India is looking for new logo submissions
If you’re interested in becoming a RightRides driving team volunteer, email volunteer@rightrides.org – orientations will be occuring throughout April.
HollaBack NYC is looking for volunteers with various skill sets to help them take their work to the next level.
Share why you “Holla Back” for the HollaBack NYC website.

Events:

If you’re in the Washington, DC, area, HollaBack DC! is hosting or participating in several events across the next few weeks, check out the info on their site.
Sign up for Washington, DC, based Defend Yourself’s annual class on dealing with street harassers, being held on May 22.

Resource of the Week:

SAFER (Students Active for Ending Rape) for the amazing work they are doing to make campuses safe for everyone. They have resources for: college students, alumni, parents of college students, and faculty/staff. Check out their very informative blog, Change Happens.

Weekly Round Up Jan. 10, 2010

January 10, 2010 By HKearl

Now that I’m done writing my book, I’m back to doing a weekly round up blog post on Sundays. This is my first edition since August, welcome!

Stories:

Share your street harassment story today and help raise awareness about the problem. Include your location and it will be added to the Street Harassment Map.

On this blog, a woman in Manchester, UK, tells about a time a man harassed her and a friend on the bus and then the man slapped her behind. A woman in New York City says that “dressing professionally” doesn’t stop men from harassing her. Another woman tells how a man stalked her at a bookstore in Norristown, PA.
On HollaBack DC! a woman shares how a man harassed her when she was eating a salad at a restaurant and another woman shares how her new response to harassers worked out.

In the News:

A man who masturbated in a Starbucks in Chicago while staring at women patrons was charged with indecent exposure.
A man in Portland was arrested after he gave unwanted haircuts to fellow female bus riders.
A draft anti-sexual harassment law was introduced in Egypt this week.
An Egyptian woman writes an opinion piece about how being veiled doesn’t prevent men from groping women.
Learn how groping happens, from the Washington City Paper.

Announcements:

Want an easy way to report harassers from your phone or want to receive a report showing all the places harassment has recently occurred? Then vote for HollaBack 2.0! This is a proposed project by HollaBack NYC and RightRides and they’re in the second round of a competition for funding to make this a reality.
After more than two months, I updated my HarassMap with the stories people have submitted to my blog. Check out the map to see all the places where street harassment is occurring.

Events:

Eight weeks of self defense classes through Defend Yourself begin Jan 26. Learn more, sign up.

Resource of the Week:

A Question of Law: Massachusetts School of Law professors discuss street harassment