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	<description>From Pioneer Square to the University of Washington: Fighting street harassment from the ground up</description>
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		<title>Comment on &#8220;Women wage war on weenie waggers!&#8221; by Michelle</title>
		<link>http://hollabackseattle.wordpress.com/2006/06/17/women-wage-war-on-weenie-waggers/#comment-1746</link>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great move from a psychological point of view and providing we remain safe and vigilant whilst re-adjusting this balance of power It seems to be rather a lot of fun too! I am from the UK and we too have many "Weenie wagers" as you call them, I myself have encountered many as a child and also in my adulthood. One that I remember in particular was back in the nineties when I was walking home from a friends house on a very cold Autumn evening. I heard a rustling sound down on the embankment at my side (the typical attention grabber by all accounts) I looked over to see a young man in a sweat shirt and trainers and no trousers (pants) or underwear. It really was cold too. He looked very pleased with himself having caught my attention and was hopping from one foot to the other to keep warm! The irony of it was he had also gone to the trouble of pulling a nice warm woolly hat over his head &#38; ears to keep warm but obviously didn't mind the cold elsewear! I found it very disturbing at the time as I wasn't very old but I laugh about it now. I wish I would have had the wherewithall to have shamed him in the way that Kirsten suggests. Rest assured I shall if it happens again, even if I have to put my glasses on to make sure I know what I am seeing!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great move from a psychological point of view and providing we remain safe and vigilant whilst re-adjusting this balance of power It seems to be rather a lot of fun too! I am from the UK and we too have many &#8220;Weenie wagers&#8221; as you call them, I myself have encountered many as a child and also in my adulthood. One that I remember in particular was back in the nineties when I was walking home from a friends house on a very cold Autumn evening. I heard a rustling sound down on the embankment at my side (the typical attention grabber by all accounts) I looked over to see a young man in a sweat shirt and trainers and no trousers (pants) or underwear. It really was cold too. He looked very pleased with himself having caught my attention and was hopping from one foot to the other to keep warm! The irony of it was he had also gone to the trouble of pulling a nice warm woolly hat over his head &amp; ears to keep warm but obviously didn&#8217;t mind the cold elsewear! I found it very disturbing at the time as I wasn&#8217;t very old but I laugh about it now. I wish I would have had the wherewithall to have shamed him in the way that Kirsten suggests. Rest assured I shall if it happens again, even if I have to put my glasses on to make sure I know what I am seeing!!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on T-shirts: street harassment without the audio by Joseph Uzel</title>
		<link>http://hollabackseattle.wordpress.com/2006/07/21/t-shirts-street-harassment-without-the-audio-2/#comment-991</link>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Uzel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm reading these posts about a year after they were written, and I'm happy to say that a number of the links now lead to statements from the websites saying that those particular shirts are no longer available.  They say, "We are sorry, some of our items are Limited Editions, which we only sell for a short period of time. We are no longer selling this item and don't know if it will be back."  I know that its extremely unlikely any rational reasoning actually influenced them, but I can hope, right?  

I have never understood why anyone would deliberately
wear a garment that arrogantly parades their stupidity
for all the world to see (and be offended by).  I'll
never forget the first time I saw something that fit into this category: a big, angry looking man walking around a typical neighborhood grocery store wearing a
black shirt that said "Fuck You!"  It was like reading
a joke that I "didn't get".  How is this funny?  The
only conclusion I could come to is he liked fighting.

Over time, I've concluded that its kind of like the animals in nature that have bright stripes to mark them as poisonous, or the sound of the rattlesnake.
That these supposedly thinking beings mark themselves
is the fascinating part.  We can only be grateful they
warn us all of the poison lurking in their minds.

I arrived at this site while trying to investigate something I saw on the bus.  I'm a pretty liberal, and
liberated, person.  And I'm usually hard to shock. Or
embarrass for that matter, but I believe I blushed over this one.  This guy came walking down the aisle of a Metro bus, and right past my wife and a friend who were talking intently and somehow didn't notice
what I couldn't possibly avoid seeing!  He had on a band T-shirt (and I wish I could remember the band name, but I can't...I'm guessing alternative rock or
punk).  It only had the band name and a photo...a super-enlarged photo that covered the whole shirt.
As a result, it was distorted, and because of the abnormal size and seeing it outside any remotely sane context, I couldn't figure out what I was looking at for maybe 10 seconds.  I just stared at this strange
organic-looking image.  Then I realized it was an
extreme close-up of a woman's genitalia, which she was
holding open with her hands.  It was an image out of
the most tasteless pornography, or a gynecological exam, and it was enlarged to the point that her clitoris was the size of my fist.  I can't tell you how shocked I was.  I came so close to walking to the
back of the bus and talking to the guy out of simple
scientific curiousity about the sociological and psychological aspects of it.  What kind of guy wears that?  What reaction does he get?  Isn't he even slightly worried he will be...I don't know...stoned?!?
I have to admit I was a little surprised the bus driver even let him board the bus!  I've been asked not to board for having a drink!  So, if anyone reads
this, and wants to discuss this weirdness, I'll check
back.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m reading these posts about a year after they were written, and I&#8217;m happy to say that a number of the links now lead to statements from the websites saying that those particular shirts are no longer available.  They say, &#8220;We are sorry, some of our items are Limited Editions, which we only sell for a short period of time. We are no longer selling this item and don&#8217;t know if it will be back.&#8221;  I know that its extremely unlikely any rational reasoning actually influenced them, but I can hope, right?  </p>
<p>I have never understood why anyone would deliberately<br />
wear a garment that arrogantly parades their stupidity<br />
for all the world to see (and be offended by).  I&#8217;ll<br />
never forget the first time I saw something that fit into this category: a big, angry looking man walking around a typical neighborhood grocery store wearing a<br />
black shirt that said &#8220;Fuck You!&#8221;  It was like reading<br />
a joke that I &#8220;didn&#8217;t get&#8221;.  How is this funny?  The<br />
only conclusion I could come to is he liked fighting.</p>
<p>Over time, I&#8217;ve concluded that its kind of like the animals in nature that have bright stripes to mark them as poisonous, or the sound of the rattlesnake.<br />
That these supposedly thinking beings mark themselves<br />
is the fascinating part.  We can only be grateful they<br />
warn us all of the poison lurking in their minds.</p>
<p>I arrived at this site while trying to investigate something I saw on the bus.  I&#8217;m a pretty liberal, and<br />
liberated, person.  And I&#8217;m usually hard to shock. Or<br />
embarrass for that matter, but I believe I blushed over this one.  This guy came walking down the aisle of a Metro bus, and right past my wife and a friend who were talking intently and somehow didn&#8217;t notice<br />
what I couldn&#8217;t possibly avoid seeing!  He had on a band T-shirt (and I wish I could remember the band name, but I can&#8217;t&#8230;I&#8217;m guessing alternative rock or<br />
punk).  It only had the band name and a photo&#8230;a super-enlarged photo that covered the whole shirt.<br />
As a result, it was distorted, and because of the abnormal size and seeing it outside any remotely sane context, I couldn&#8217;t figure out what I was looking at for maybe 10 seconds.  I just stared at this strange<br />
organic-looking image.  Then I realized it was an<br />
extreme close-up of a woman&#8217;s genitalia, which she was<br />
holding open with her hands.  It was an image out of<br />
the most tasteless pornography, or a gynecological exam, and it was enlarged to the point that her clitoris was the size of my fist.  I can&#8217;t tell you how shocked I was.  I came so close to walking to the<br />
back of the bus and talking to the guy out of simple<br />
scientific curiousity about the sociological and psychological aspects of it.  What kind of guy wears that?  What reaction does he get?  Isn&#8217;t he even slightly worried he will be&#8230;I don&#8217;t know&#8230;stoned?!?<br />
I have to admit I was a little surprised the bus driver even let him board the bus!  I&#8217;ve been asked not to board for having a drink!  So, if anyone reads<br />
this, and wants to discuss this weirdness, I&#8217;ll check<br />
back.</p>
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		<title>Comment on &#8220;Women wage war on weenie waggers!&#8221; by Laura</title>
		<link>http://hollabackseattle.wordpress.com/2006/06/17/women-wage-war-on-weenie-waggers/#comment-836</link>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fantastic post!!! She is so right. Take back our power. Next time some dickwad tries shaking it my way, I'm going this route and turning it back on them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fantastic post!!! She is so right. Take back our power. Next time some dickwad tries shaking it my way, I&#8217;m going this route and turning it back on them.</p>
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		<title>Comment on T-shirts: street harassment without the audio by Brenna B</title>
		<link>http://hollabackseattle.wordpress.com/2006/07/21/t-shirts-street-harassment-without-the-audio/#comment-716</link>
		<dc:creator>Brenna B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just saw one today that said "I'm not a gynocolegist but  I'll take a look anyways".

It makes me wanna carry around a paintball gun. And use it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just saw one today that said &#8220;I&#8217;m not a gynocolegist but  I&#8217;ll take a look anyways&#8221;.</p>
<p>It makes me wanna carry around a paintball gun. And use it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on T-shirts: street harassment without the audio by Nick</title>
		<link>http://hollabackseattle.wordpress.com/2006/07/21/t-shirts-street-harassment-without-the-audio-2/#comment-480</link>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 17:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I recommend OffWorld Designs for fun t-shirts: http://www.offworlddesigns.com/

They've got clever gags that both required thinking in the process of making them and require some thinking in the process of understanding them (f.ex. if ya don't know who Cthulhu is, Cthulhu-shirts lose some of their edge).

The shirt-gags primarily spoof geek culture and the most offensive t-shirt I have seen there says: "If you don't talk to your cat about catnip, who will?"

As for their cardgame Lunch Money...Catholic school girls attacking each other for lunch money...not my thing (thus, I won't put any money into it). They state, "All of the designs are in good fun, but may offend some of our more conservative customers. Beware!"

Just go for the shirts :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recommend OffWorld Designs for fun t-shirts: <a href="http://www.offworlddesigns.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.offworlddesigns.com/</a></p>
<p>They&#8217;ve got clever gags that both required thinking in the process of making them and require some thinking in the process of understanding them (f.ex. if ya don&#8217;t know who Cthulhu is, Cthulhu-shirts lose some of their edge).</p>
<p>The shirt-gags primarily spoof geek culture and the most offensive t-shirt I have seen there says: &#8220;If you don&#8217;t talk to your cat about catnip, who will?&#8221;</p>
<p>As for their cardgame Lunch Money&#8230;Catholic school girls attacking each other for lunch money&#8230;not my thing (thus, I won&#8217;t put any money into it). They state, &#8220;All of the designs are in good fun, but may offend some of our more conservative customers. Beware!&#8221;</p>
<p>Just go for the shirts <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>Comment on &#8220;Women wage war on weenie waggers!&#8221; by jasmine</title>
		<link>http://hollabackseattle.wordpress.com/2006/06/17/women-wage-war-on-weenie-waggers/#comment-104</link>
		<dc:creator>jasmine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm surprised at your advice. I have had men expose themselves to me and I'm always afraid. However, one time I was with my friend at a tennis court. I was getting ready to serve when she pointed to something behind me and said look. When I turned around there was a guy about 17 with his pants down and he was masturbating. There was a fence separating us. My girlfriend came over and she tied to insult him as you said. He just kept masturbating and making Oh God you're beautiful comments. No matter what she said he didn't stop until he ejaculated. It was the grosest thing I have ever seen. Thank God the fence was there.
Jasmine</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m surprised at your advice. I have had men expose themselves to me and I&#8217;m always afraid. However, one time I was with my friend at a tennis court. I was getting ready to serve when she pointed to something behind me and said look. When I turned around there was a guy about 17 with his pants down and he was masturbating. There was a fence separating us. My girlfriend came over and she tied to insult him as you said. He just kept masturbating and making Oh God you&#8217;re beautiful comments. No matter what she said he didn&#8217;t stop until he ejaculated. It was the grosest thing I have ever seen. Thank God the fence was there.<br />
Jasmine</p>
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		<title>Comment on T-shirts: street harassment without the audio by Helena</title>
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		<dc:creator>Helena</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At your suggestion, I wrote the fucks at T Shirt Hell a little note suggesting they peel their eyes off employees' asses and slap their corneas on what they're selling.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At your suggestion, I wrote the fucks at T Shirt Hell a little note suggesting they peel their eyes off employees&#8217; asses and slap their corneas on what they&#8217;re selling.</p>
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		<title>Comment on T-shirts: street harassment without the audio by Chuck</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I always took the "macho" Jack In the Box commercials as making fun of the mentality (e.g., the one that exposed men as liars, saying that they no longer had the excuse of going to the strip club to get Buffalo Wings with Jack In the Box's latest offering).

I do have a problem with the "Juicy" product line. What self-respecting woman (who isn't a whore) would wear a pair of pants that said "Juicy" across the ass?

I see the barely teens wearing T-shirts that say "Size Queen." While I can forgive them their ignorance, where are the parents and what are they thinking?

I was behind an El Camino that had seen better days, when I noticed a bumper sticker that said, "No ugly fat women." I had to see what kind of man would put a bumper sticker like that on his vehicle. Interesting. He was fat, homely, and by all appearances, likely made his living driving nails into concrete using his face.

Any establishment that carries the Stop Snitching T-shirts (big red stop sign, with the word "snitching" scrawled across it) should be driven out of business. (The dregs of society have been known to wear them into courtrooms in order to intimidate witnesses. I'm guessing thes are the same scumbags who complain that the police never help when someone they supposedly care for is the victim of crime.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always took the &#8220;macho&#8221; Jack In the Box commercials as making fun of the mentality (e.g., the one that exposed men as liars, saying that they no longer had the excuse of going to the strip club to get Buffalo Wings with Jack In the Box&#8217;s latest offering).</p>
<p>I do have a problem with the &#8220;Juicy&#8221; product line. What self-respecting woman (who isn&#8217;t a whore) would wear a pair of pants that said &#8220;Juicy&#8221; across the ass?</p>
<p>I see the barely teens wearing T-shirts that say &#8220;Size Queen.&#8221; While I can forgive them their ignorance, where are the parents and what are they thinking?</p>
<p>I was behind an El Camino that had seen better days, when I noticed a bumper sticker that said, &#8220;No ugly fat women.&#8221; I had to see what kind of man would put a bumper sticker like that on his vehicle. Interesting. He was fat, homely, and by all appearances, likely made his living driving nails into concrete using his face.</p>
<p>Any establishment that carries the Stop Snitching T-shirts (big red stop sign, with the word &#8220;snitching&#8221; scrawled across it) should be driven out of business. (The dregs of society have been known to wear them into courtrooms in order to intimidate witnesses. I&#8217;m guessing thes are the same scumbags who complain that the police never help when someone they supposedly care for is the victim of crime.)</p>
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		<title>Comment on Stranger on a bus by robinann</title>
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		<dc:creator>robinann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a bus rider in the spokane area and i sooooooo know what your saying....i due to medical problems cannot get a license..boohooooooo....so it is an everyday ride for me and the weirdos and nuts I encounter is i guess just plain sad.....i try to be nice...courteous and then just the other day when i thought it was just the "riders"...to my shock and amaze the BUS DRIVER ...made a very, very, sexual comment to me and the whole bus laughed...ha fucking ha....It was unprofessional to say the least and otherwise a bit humiliating....but i still have to see him on another day if hes the driver...so whats a girl to do....thanks for letting me vent and i love your site and i know it is gonna go far....later all...RobinAnn</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a bus rider in the spokane area and i sooooooo know what your saying&#8230;.i due to medical problems cannot get a license..boohooooooo&#8230;.so it is an everyday ride for me and the weirdos and nuts I encounter is i guess just plain sad&#8230;..i try to be nice&#8230;courteous and then just the other day when i thought it was just the &#8220;riders&#8221;&#8230;to my shock and amaze the BUS DRIVER &#8230;made a very, very, sexual comment to me and the whole bus laughed&#8230;ha fucking ha&#8230;.It was unprofessional to say the least and otherwise a bit humiliating&#8230;.but i still have to see him on another day if hes the driver&#8230;so whats a girl to do&#8230;.thanks for letting me vent and i love your site and i know it is gonna go far&#8230;.later all&#8230;RobinAnn</p>
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		<title>Comment on Aren&#8217;t you observant by Even completely covered women get treated like meat. &#171; S W E E T&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Even completely covered women get treated like meat. &#171; S W E E T&#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Makes me think of another situation like this.  This blog is written by a woman in Seattle, Washington &#8220;fighting street harassment from the ground up.&#8221;  My favorite one is titled Aren&#8217;t you observant, but her site is so good that if you took the time to follow the link, take a bit more and read the rest of the site.  Check out the other organizations against street harassment. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Makes me think of another situation like this.  This blog is written by a woman in Seattle, Washington &#8220;fighting street harassment from the ground up.&#8221;  My favorite one is titled Aren&#8217;t you observant, but her site is so good that if you took the time to follow the link, take a bit more and read the rest of the site.  Check out the other organizations against street harassment. [...]</p>
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