Stop Telling Women to Smile

By Tatyana Fazlalizadeh,

Book cover of Stop Telling Women to Smile: Stories of Street Harassment and How We're Taking Back Our Power

Book description

A celebration of the author's art, a rallying read for women who are fed up with their own harassment experiences and a statement on how pervasive the problem of street harassment really is, this is a singular and important book.

Sitting at the cross-section of social activism, art, community engagement…

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1 author picked Stop Telling Women to Smile as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book about street art and feminism is an important reminder that the dangers of solo female travel are not so different from the dangers of walking the streets of your home city. Issues like street harassment and sexual violence are global; staying at home may seem like playing it safe, but gender-based violence crosses every border. This book tells the stories of various women in the United States and their experiences with street harassment. I believe it offers an important complement to the other books on my list: In order to embrace the solo travel journey, women must often…

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