The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
New York City Council member Julissa Ferreras is holding a council hearing on Street Harassment of women and girls this Thursday at 1 PM. Ferreras read my oped on the issue in New York’s Spanish-language daily El Diario (carried in English on The New Agenda) and decided to hold the public hearing! This is an opportunity for people to share their stories and ideas for solutions. 75 percent of women have been …

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda. This is a translation of a Spanish-language op-ed originally published by New York’s El Diario. This English version was later cross-posted to The Crunk Feminist Collective.
Image from stopstreetharassment.com.
I was 13 when I was sexually harassed for the first time. On a sunny summer day, two men in a pickup truck followed me for several blocks, yelling obscene things they wanted to do to me. When I was 18, a catcaller chased …

Reposted from Ill Doctrine with permission of the author, whose website and other writings can be found here.
In the month since the Chris Brown and Rihanna case broke, bodies of women killed by their current or former intimate partners have piled up. Young love is supposed to hurt a bit emotionally, but increasingly, it bruises. The vociferous response to Chris Brown and Rihanna Fenty, and the range of perspectives on who has the right to hit whom, make it clear that we need to talk about this issue more …