Slutwalk. Brisbane 2011.

On the 28th of May, many people in Brisbane participated in Slutwalk.

Now, instead of me writing about it, and explaining the concept. I'll point you all towards another blog. *gasp* The comments page, actually.

I lead you to these comments to inform regarding the Slutwalk, but also because it refers to my facebook page. Haha.
Enjoy!

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2011/05/open-thread_28.html#disqus_thread

I'm a bit sore today after yesterday's SlutWalk from yelling and holding my sign up in the air for an hour, but it was worth it. It was a really positive, supportive, strong event, with some great messages and a lot of diversity amongst participants. There were also a lot of awesome men there too lending their support.

There are some great photos here - https://www.facebook.com/media...

TW Sexual harrassment, racism

I was, while marching, sexually harassed by one arsehole who obviously thought he was being super clever, and I did hear that I wasn't the only one. 

Lugging my sign about the CBD afterwards was challenging but cool - a few people (men) smirked and glared, but plenty of people gave me big warm grins. I was also approached repeatedly with questions, and I got to use those opportunities to drop some statistics and facts on people. I also shocked one guy by saying that only white Australian men have ever harassed me or threatened me - he was expecting me to finger Lebanese men. So hopefully that message hit home for him too. Although that was very cool, it completely exhausted me - I'm an introvert, and I was on edge after the harassment and glares.