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Signal boost: ...and you say rape culture doesn't exist tumblr

Signal boost: …and you say rape culture doesn’t exist tumblr

By Mindy on March 4, 2013

Signal Boost: it’s easy, as an individual, to dismiss interactions with creeps as specific to you/the place you were/the thing you were doing/the thing you were wearing and I call bullshit on that.

Posted in Culture, gender & feminism, Life, social justice | Tagged hollaback, street harassment | 1 Response

Feminist bookmark alert: street harassment

By tigtog on May 29, 2008

Over at The F-word, Laura Woodhouse has responded to a post at the Guardian’s Comment is Free about street harassment, or more particularly to the response it provoked on the Guardian’s own site: once again the comments section has filled up with comments from arrogant little pricks whose thoughts on the matter can be summed [...]

Posted in gender & feminism, violence | Tagged cyberbullying, f word, guardian, hollaback, street harassment | 8 Responses

Weekend Links: A Day In The Life

By Lauredhel on May 4, 2008

For anyone who is trying to fool themselves that the next generation is inheriting a ‘postfeminist’ world, read Hell On Hairy Legs’ summary of a day in the life of a feminist highschooler. This is what my schedule looks like on a Thursday: Maths: 20 white guys in a 25 person class. The results are [...]

Posted in gender & feminism, Life | Tagged disability, fanfic, feminists, gang rape, hairy legs, hollaback | 2 Responses

“Back Off!”: Why Holla Back Works

By Lauredhel on March 10, 2008

Check out our new header for HollaBack Australia, made by sajbrfem! She outlines the co-creation of HBA in her fifty two acts blog. The highlight is her closing line: And to those who say “can’t you take a joke” I say – sure we can, here’s one right back at ya. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I haven’t got [...]

Posted in gender & feminism, violence | Tagged hollaback, sexual harassment, street harassment | Leave a response

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