Story Submissions Recap:

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• Stop Street Harassment Blog: 4 new stories from women in Washington, DC; Vancouver; Connecticut; and Spain.
• HollaBack DC!: 3 new stories
• HollaBack NYC: 20 new stories
• HollaBack Toronto: 1 new story

In the News, On the Blogs:

• BBC, “Italian seaside town planning miniskirt ban“e
• Associated Press, “Lawmakers probe street harassment of NYC women” – this story was picked up by over 200 media outlets, including: Washington Post, MSNBC, Fox News, Boston Globe, Yahoo News, AOL News, Huffington Post, KSRO News Talk, Canadian Press, Arizona Daily Sun,
• CBS News, “NYC Women Demand ‘Harassment-Free Zones‘”
• Ms. Blog, “‘Whose Streets?’ Asks New York City Council“
• New York Post, “Women tell City Council of catcall horrors“
• Jezebel, “Can A City Effectively Ban Catcalls?“
• Change.org, “Street harassment and the importance of history“
• Salon, “Legislating against catcalls“
• Gothamist, “Street Harassment Finally Gets City Council’s Attention“
• Metro, “City talks back to ‘harassers‘”
• Jerusalem Post, “Taboo and rape in Egypt“
• Mercury News, “High-tech answer to harassment on Egypt’s streets“
• Switched, “Harassmap Lets Egyptian Women Report Sexual Harassment via Text, Twitter“
• NY Daily News, “City Council hears plea to curb catcalls; women say it’s an ‘issue of safety‘”
• Salon, “Mapping Egyptian Street Harassment“
• Tampa Bay, “The skinny: Women hit back against street harassment“
• Aha Life, “Hollaback“
• Pink Scare, “Should we legislate against cat-calling: I say yes“
• The Media Line, “Cairo’s Women Use Web to Pinpoint Harassment“
• AAUW Dialog, “New York City Fights Street Harassment“
• The New Agenda, “Hearing on street harassment of women and girls in New York City“
• Foreign Policy, “What Next?“
• Good Men Project, “No More Catcalls?“

Announcements:

• The NYC Council held the first-ever hearing on street harassment. The 15 testimonies were amazing and the press coverage was extensive (see some of it above). Let’s see what the outcome will be!
• Check out Cairo’s HarassMap!!
• HollaBack Alberta and HollaBack Israel are getting ready to launch websites and in the meantime, follow them on twitter (HollaBackAlberta, Hollaback_il)
• Is the book Stop Street Harassment at your library? If not, request it! You can also buy it online at Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

10 Tweets from the Week:

• CatCall Wow I just got catcalled while doing a photoshoot & interview about catcalls for NY Post! Let me say it again: wow!
• TheSliverParty #ThingsMenShouldStopDoing Street harassment. #fem2
• sistertoldja Any prop aids #streetharassment. Eating? “Can I hve some?” Walking w a cane? “Let me take care of u”
• sarahbibi I just balled through 3 testimonies at the city council hearing to end street harassment towards NYC women. These are some amazing ladies.
• thekateblack NYC City Council Meetng on #streetharassment was spectacular. Lots of good ideas. I’d love 2 see more training 4 NYPD
• feministteacher My student just delivered powerful testimony on personal exp w/street harassment for a NYC hearing; thanks @iHollaback for the opportunity.
• JessSolomon: the middle school girls I teach talked about #streetharassment with @hollabackdc. It was eye opening.
• lenachen Please do not creep up to pedestrians at intersections and whisper about their outfits in their ear.
• reasoner22 Yes! “Legislating against cat-calls http://shar.es/0OG61 — this is so long overdue and needed!!! #streetharassment“
• caracourchesne in the soc sec office getting new card, got told i was beautiful, then an “ungrateful bitch” for lack of response #streetharassment