1. Day #4,507 of harassment when grocery shopping

    the-r-evolution:

    Once again approached at the grocery store by a strange man. This time he came over to me when I was in the parking lot, alone, putting stuff into my trunk. Creepy as hell and would NOT stop talking. I drove away as fast as I could after several failed polite attempts to get him to leave.

    Wearing: stretch pants, baggy t-shirt, and flip flops. For anyone that thinks what you wear somehow determines if you’re “asking for it”.

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  3. newwavefeminism:

    Hollaback PSA!

    Street harassment is a gateway crime that makes other forms of gender-based violence OK. Studies conducted show that between 80-90% of women have been harassed in public. With legal recourse to address school and workplace harassment, streets remain one of the final frontiers in addressing and affirming basic, guaranteed civil rights.

    Comments range from “you’d look good on me,” to groping, public masturbation, and worse. These “compliments” aren’t about sex or about chivalry. They are about power. Young women are particularly vulnerable to street harassment, and at Hollaback! we’ve gotten stories from girls as young as twelve. Street harassment may be the social and cultural norm, but it is far from OK.

    Street harassment teaches us to be silent, that taking action will only escalate the situation. While this isn’t bad advice, it has led us down a dangerous road. Ultimately, perpetrators realize they won’t be held accountable and continue to harass. Hollaback! was designed by a group of young folks who were tired of being silenced and sought a simple, non-violent response. What has emerged is a platform where thousands of stories of street harassment have been told.

    We believe that by continuing to tell and map these stories, our voices will chip away at a culture that makes gender-based violence OK. Together we have the power to end street harassment, one Hollaback at a time.

    (via howmanywomen)

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  4. 10k Quest: My Feminist Manifesto: I am not a fucking piece of meat.

    iwannarun10k:

    I am not a piece of meat. You may not oogle me like you are a hungry dog. You may not give me a drive-by whistle or a drive-by honk. You may not treat me like I’m not a human being. You may not treat me like what you’re doing has no effect on me. You may not treat me like I enjoy what you’re…

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  5. get free or die tryin'.: last night, i was out w/ some friends in chelsea . . .

    dopegirlfresh:

    we were sitting on benches, in front of a popular bakery, eating confections and shooting the shit. this man who appears to be talking to himself begins to walk past us and says to me while i am speaking, “you shut up. you have a big mouth. just like my sister. i always have to tell her to shut…

    (via crunkfeministcollective)

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  6. thing in manchester: reasons why I will be slut walking in a few days: walking home (alone)...

    thinginmanchester:

    reasons why I will be slut walking in a few days:

    walking home (alone) from deansgate in manchester to the northern quarter some guy on portland street outside a pub was all ‘come here darling’ so i turned round and gave him the finger and then he shouted ‘well that’s not very nice is it, come…

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  7. I need some help!

    komboloi:

    As you may have heard, the Richmond Hollaback site is launching August 10th!

    I’ve assumed responsibility for the Twitter feed and Facebook page until then!
    I’m trying to generate a following, but so far I’m having more trouble than I thought.

    If somebody would reblog this, just once!
    Even if you aren’t RVA affiliated!
    Because other sites are kicking off too!
    Like:

    Des Moines, Iowa
    Lawrence, Kansas
    Chandigarh, India
    Wellington, New Zealand
    Puerto Rico
    West Yorkshire, England

    So PLEASE! Reblog!!

    (Source: nosebleedseeds)

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  8. #140Conf Speaker, Emily May – @emilymaynot – contributes….Hollaback! Building a 21st century movement.

    (Source: lipstick-feminists)

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  9. Hotel Maids Speak Out Against Abuse

    howmanywomen:

    I’ve noticed a trend in a lot of submissions that I’ve gotten on this project, and that is harassment of people (overwhelmingly women) in the service industry. As a waitress for the last five years, I can confirm that this is all too often the case. Not only do these experiences come with the usual trauma of being harassed, but they are accompanied by a further sense of helplessness, since low level and hourly employees are trained to tolerate and accommodate customers at all costs. Hourly employees, especially in “pink collar” industries, are not nearly as important to employers as customers, no matter how blatantly sexist or disrespectful.

    I hope that the DSK rape trial will bring these issues to light and inspire some change in the way businesses deal with harassment on behalf of their employees. Unfortunately I think that it will more likely be a much longer and more difficult legislative battle for any real change to occur. 

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  10. Kate Spencer: Today A Man Touched Me On The Subway And So I Hit Him

    katespencer:

    I’m writing this on the R train as it rattles slowly along toward Brooklyn. I’m headed to pick up my 6-month-old daughter. I’m writing because I’m still reeling from what occurred on the Times Square subway platform a few moments ago. I was walking to the end of the station as I always do. I saw a…

    (via lipstick-feminists)

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