A Woman Was Harassed Here

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A Woman Was Harassed Here

April 4, 2011

1–2 minutes

LOVE this… I mean, I hate that it happened, obviously, but I love that she did something about it. Empowerment, yay!!

Is there a name for feminist street art, by the way? Is this feminist street art even? Is it misogynistic for me to assume she was harassed by a man thus making this feminist street art? So many questions…

2 responses to “A Woman Was Harassed Here”

Oneiric Imperium

April 5, 2011 at 3:08 pm

This stencil is silly. Life is abuse, either you’re a preditor or you’re prey. Take a pick.

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