A hickey? For serious?
hickeys
experiment
I had an idea (that I immediately regretted) to write down every single thing some guy said to me while I was just traveling through my day.
catcalling
It seems like every woman I know has developed a strategy for dealing with that slimy feeling of a deserted train car or an empty, dark street.
street harassment
Whatever anyone thinks of my physical shell is neither here nor there. Nothing gives a stranger on the street the right to grab me, call me “dirty bitch” and “ho” and tell me to suck their dick.
art
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is an oil painter / illustrator whose work focuses on portraiture and social/political themes and her street harassment art.
catcallers
I grew up learning that the only way to deal with bullies is to ignore them, the sort of I'm-rubber-you're-glue rhetoric that conflict-avoiders love. To acknowledge a fear of catcalling strangers, even among friends, feels a bit like letting the bullies win.
street harassment
Shit got so real in the past few hours.
flirting
Lots of dudes seem to think that there's no higher compliment to pay a lady than to tell her they like the novel she's reading. Are they being friendly, or are they being freaking obnoxious?
Kate Conway in
Relationships,
flirting,
geek love,
sexual harassment,
street harassment,
strangers,
stranger flirting
Sep 12, 2012 at 10:30am | 98 comments
healthy
I've never actually been attacked, only had close calls, felt really afraid, uncomfortable. Still, each time I run, frightening fantasies tend to run along with me.
body image
If you're going to street harass me, at least say nice things.
clueless
I have friends who complain about being approached by strangers all the time. I don't know that life. It fascinates me.
public transportation
Yea, ladies. Maybe if we weren’t all so whorish looking we wouldn’t be violated.
catcalling
What, you ladies aren't into street harassment?
always nice to be reminded you're ugly
I'd also like to thank you for noting that it's only "from a distance" that I could pass for a transsexual. I am glad that once you get close to me, you can see that I am a biological woman.
planned parenthood
"It's the anniversary of Roe v. Wade," the tiny girl swallowed by orange informed me. "Don't worry we'll be with you the whole time. I find it's best not to look at them and you don't have to talk to anybody."
gropers
Apparently, the only socially-acceptable response to a stranger touching you is saying “It could have been worse,” and moving on. But I can’t.
pepper spray
Not a day goes by that I don't get sexually harassed by someone. Now, I'm ready for them.
biting
Unless you also want to get bitten.
