On Saturday, the homepage of CNN – the second most popular internet news outlet in America – featured a detailed piece on street harassment and sexual violence. All too often, the threat posed by street harassment is downplayed, referred to as a “compliment” or simply dismissed as just “how it is.” But CNN reporter Emily Smith […]
Originally published on Everyday Feminism and re-published by CASS with permission. Picture this: it’s a beautiful, sunny Fathers’ Day in Washington, DC. A million flowers in bloom line the sidewalk I walk down toward a friend’s barbecue, talking to my dad on the phone. But before I can say “Happy Fathers’ Day,” I hear “You’re so […]
When feminist activist Ben Atherton-Zeman asked us if we wanted to produce a public theater piece he’d written to address harassment on the Metro, we said ABSOLUTELY! Even though WMATA has made huge strides towards addressing public sexual harassment and assault, we continue to receive submissions from people who were harassed or otherwise violated on […]
For those who don’t know, let’s be clear: It is hard to report the crime of groping to police. You know why? Because many victims of groping may internalize the crime as petty and not as big a deal as other physical assaults. Another reason why? Well, because there is a theme in our communities […]
In the first of a video series by writer/director Chioke Nassor, comedian Sasheer Zamata tells her story of having been sexually harassed and flashed by a man while on her walk home. The video is laughable in imagining the (inane) excuses some men might have in sexually harassing women, such as sincere thinking that a woman might […]