#walking while female

[mashupofmylife]

love it so much when the undomiciled gentleman in the alcove yells “nice ass” after me as I walk by in a knee length dress with a cardigan tied around my waist. Sir, you are either desperate or far more gone than you realize because there’s nothing to see here but my sexy, sexy calves.

[lamajaoscura]

I have a right to be here

A year of running in 2024

[ana-actually]

[kdero]

Internet Has a Field Day With Entitled Pick-Up Blog’s Instructions on How to Talk to a Woman Wearing Headphones

A post on "how to talk to women wearing headphones" has been making the rounds on the internet as of late, and it reads like a serial killer how-to handbook.

This happened to me twice in a week, each time because the guy "wanted to give me a compliment." That's nice and all (I guess /not because I know that the expectation is that I'll keep talking to you 'cause I'm soooo charmed by your banal compliment), but dudes, you have to understand that it is not appropriate for you to block my path or gesticulate wildly until I become alarmed, just because you feel 100000% entitled to say, "I like those pants," or "Cool Trogdor tattoo." It's nice that you thought a nice thing, but don't make a woman stop what she is doing in order for you to exert your niceness upon her. Because that's not nice. That's entitled and shitty and I probably missed a good joke on this podcast because of you, and duh I don't need you to tell me that my pants and my tattoo are cool. I know they're cool. That's why I have them.

[venezmechercher]

flaneur, an idler, a dawdler / flaneuse, a kind of lounge chair #walkingwhilefemale

http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2016/08/walking-while-female-how-fl-neuse-encourages-its-reader-take-streets

[victoryfair]

I’ve never felt unsafe walking alone at any time of day in this country. I don’t have much reason to go into the ‘bad’ areas, but at least where I live, work, study, shop, and socialise, I’m not scared. Shout out to Australia for that.

[feminist-sweepstakes]

wenn

Wenn ich allein nach Hause gehe

Wenn ich Freundinnen in der Kneipe besuche

Wenn ich auf der Tanzfläche stehe

Wenn ich den Weg durch den Park versuche

Sind meine Fäuste geballt an den Seiten

und meine Schultern nach hinten durchgedrückt

Mein Gang ist ein selbstbewusstes Schreiten

Meine Haltung aufrecht, niemals gebückt

Ich rufe sie mir alle in Erinnerung

aus Kursen mit 8, 14 und 21 Jahren

Verpflichtende Strategien der Versicherung

Ich muss mich bloß selbstbewusst gebahren

Halte in der Rechten den Schlüssel bereit

und in der Linken eine leere Flasche

Mit suchendem Blick, die Augen weit

Hätte lieber Pfefferspray in meiner Tasche

Was wenn mich diese Tricks nicht schützen

Wie könnte ich mich noch befreien?

Wer um mich herum würde unterstützen?

Und vor allem: wie laut könnte ich schreien? 

Wenn ich zurück kehre mit klopfendem Herzen

mit Gänsehaut, sonst unversehrt

voll Adrenalin und Druckstellen, die schmerzen

denke ich: hier läuft etwas verkehrt

[walkingwhilefemale]

Jessica's Feminized Atmosphere

Jessica Williams explains her three rules for avoiding sexual harassment on the street.

Excellent depiction of the nonsense of street harassment and the realoty of women's daily lives.