Add holla@ihollaback.org to your cellphone and send pics straight to Holla Back NYC

HollabackNYC is now also accepting video submissions: Catch that jerk with your video phone or do journalistic style feature on Street Harassment and we'll post it!

Email your submissions here!

We welcome submissions from everywhere.

Join the HollaBackNYC Mailing List

Keep informed of upcoming events, screenings, and the Post of the Month!

Email:

If you have questions about street harassment or about our site, consult our list of Frequently Asked Questions for more information.

For info on HollaBack's commitment to antiracism, click here.

DONATE NOW:

Hollaback on the go by tweeting your street harassment stories! Add #hbnyc to all posts and follow us @iHollaback:

Reggie

Reggie

Want HollaBack to come and speak at your school, dorm, or organization? Email Emily at emily@ihollaback.org.

    Press

  • Want a street harassment expert to tell you what it's really like on the streets? Email Emily May at emily@ihollaback.org.

Articles by HollabackNYC co-founders

HOLLApress

Holla Without Borders:
International press coverage!

Reggie

Check out HollaBack merchandise!

Design courtesy of Colleen Keegan

Check out photos from our past events here!

Click to see the raunchiest, nastiest street assholes around!

Powered by Blogger


Support Bloggers' Rights!
Support Bloggers' Rights!

Get Firefox!


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Monday, July 12, 2010

What makes me feel good (Hint: it isn't you, Mr. Harasser)

Walking west to doctor appointment, pervert stopped to ogle my body as I wondered what could be up with my crazy cramps. Then the beginnings of something perverted beginning with "fuck" trickled out of his mouth but I didn't wait to hear his poetic vision because I turned so abruptly around to face him and so loudly and angrily shouted HEY! MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS PERVERT! that passersby on the other side of the street stopped to watch and the man jumped. I heard him shouting "bitch" after he gathered his senses as I continued on. A real comedian, too, in addition to being a poet, I guess, because most people would find it funny that someone who just muttered obscenities to a stranger in the street with two young children standing nearby would get angry for being called out on his shit but what do I know. I apologized to the mother of the two young children but the look on her face told me she understood and she just laughed and said don't worry don't worry I know. For such a high powered incident I was almost amazed my heart wasn't racing afterwards but I'm coming to realize that it only races when I walk on and don't say something to the street turds who harass. When I turn around, confront them, and let them know what's up I feel pretty good.

Submitted by Violet