Tag Archives: Hollaback!
It’s called WOLF whistling for a reason…
TweetI was ready to applaud when I spotted an article on the Express website about a building firm suspending employees for wolf whistling – until, that is, I read what the author (no doubt himself a master of the fine art of seduction) had to say. Seriously, it’s like SlutWalk never happened. Men, don’t you [...]
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iPhone app reports street harassment
TweetCheck out this New York Times article about a new way to use technology to address street harassment. Street harassment activist website Hollaback! recently created an iPhone app which allows recipients of street harassment to take a picture of the perpetrator, automatically report the location of the harassment, define the type of the harassment and receive a [...]
More Than 80% of Women Are Harassed, Just for Walking on the Street
TweetAs some of you may recall, two years ago I wrote a post on Feministing Community asking people to take an informal survey about gender-based street harassment for a book I wanted to write. More than 900 people took the survey and last year I signed a book contract. This week my book is out [...]
NYC Mutes, Ignores Sex-Crime Prevention Services
TweetThis past May, The Village Voice released audiotapes which revealed an alarming practice established by high-ranking officers in the NYPD: the manipulation of crime statistics through the purposeful mishandling of incidents and information and – even worse – the intimidation of victims. With the release of these tapes, several current and former police offers stepped [...]
Be a Real Man: Pledge to Confront and Shame Street Harassers