A man in Philadelphia (because of course a man in Philadelphia) has apparently taken serial street harassment (and the phrase "dick cheese") to a whole new level grossness by applying slices of Swiss cheese to his exposed penis and asking women to perform various sex acts. On his cheese-adorned penis.
I've been moderating on Jez and Jez-affiliated sites for several years now, which means I've spent a lot of time reading a lot of responses on the site. There's always some that stick with you. There are some worth screencapping in their complete inanity. But there's a particular flavor of comment that I think about…
This ad, released exactly one year after the nightmarish gang rape
Ever been street harassed, been the butt of a sexist joke, or been subjected to any sexist comment and thought of the best comeback hours later? The Guardian has gathered some great examples of comebacks put forth by The Everyday Sexism Project via Twitter.
Güd, a sub-brand of Burt's Bee's, has released a new sexy lotion. How do we know it's sexy? Because there's a little autumn leaflet on the label that reads, "A sexy moisturizer that leaves you feeling sexy and moisturized." Oh, cool. Thanks for the clarification! While being sexily moisturized is great and all, there's a…
When photographer Hannah Price first moved to Philadelphia, she began being catcalled. In a genius move, she decided to turn the camera on her harassers. The resulting photos are captivating.
I love that this exists, but I hate that it's necessary.
Obviously you should never meet violence with violence, but this hyperbolic video explores the inner turmoil that many of us feel when confronted with demeaning, disconcerting, and sometimes dangerous street harassment.
Hollaback!
Here is a video of a man on the subway performing a medley of songs in which he asks for kisses from women on the train. Super cute right? No.
An image of a woman in "hairy leg stockings" has gone viral on Sina Weibo (a popular microblogging platform in China, roughly equivalent to Twitter) with the caption "Super sexy, summertime anti-pervert full-leg-of-hair stockings, essential for all young girls going out [emoticon of clapping dinosaur with hearts coming…
Don't you love walking down the street, minding your own business, when some dude starts following you and whispers "Hey, sexy" or "Damn girl, you fine" or "Beautiful, mmm, you're beautiful" into your ear and won't leave you alone?
Where do you go when you can't even feel safe inside your own car? (Inside, we guess. Where women belong!) Here's a disturbing story about driving in Delhi from Pamposh Raina in the New York Times:
Let your chest do the talking.
Comedian Michael Hartney's partner Turtle was simply walking down his street when some rando idiot called him a "faggot" as he passed. Awesomely/bravely, Turtle took out his (phone?) camera and filmed a confrontation with the dude.
BRB, taking ten million showers after reading this letter which, according to a Redditor, was left on a woman's doorstep.
I just bought this sweatshirt from hannahisawful's Etsy store and plan on wearing it while running errands/getting coffee/all of the time.
With more and more women speaking openly about street harassment, a straight man can get a little confused about approaching a lady in public. "You mean a woman doesn't like it when I pull off her headphones on the subway?" he might say. "What if I stand too close? She doesn't like that either? It's like you can't even …
A woman was stabbed in San Francisco's Tenderloin district last night after she rejected a street harasser. According to the SF Appeal:
Egyptian vigilantes, tired of seeing women publicly catcalled, groped, and worse 24/7, are now traveling around in groups shaming and, yes, harassing street harassers by spray-painting them in the face and "smacking" them around.
