The unveiling party for “Hollaback: Red, Yellow, Blue,” a new comic book that takes on the street harassment of women – the catcalls, staring, kissing sounds, hissing, etc. – is tonight at Locust Moon Comics (34 S. 40th St.) beginning at 7 p.m.
Artist Erin Filson has teamed up with the anti-street harassment organization HollabackPhilly to create the comic, which follows the experiences of two women who are harassed and a man who figures out productive ways to intervene. Filson and the Hollaback team raised more than $8,000 through crowdfunding (link includes a video about the comic) to pay for the book. The first print run is about 2,000 copies.
Here is a Facebook page for tonight’s event.
The cover of Hollaback: Red, Yellow, Blue.
May 25th, 2013 at 12:04 pm
“two women who are harassed and a man who figures out productive ways to intervene”
I REALLY hope this isn’t as sexist as it sounds.
May 25th, 2013 at 12:15 pm
It isn’t Elle. That was a clunky way of explaining it on our part. I haven’t read the book, but I think the male character is in there to show men who are also tired of this stuff ways to address it man-to-man – not to simply just defend the “helpless” woman.