I like the gunmetal, Glam! I don't know how you can wear the scrunchy-backed shoes, they drive me crazy, but more power to you. Not big on the last pair, save the money for more awesomeness!!

I have to soon buy a pair of silver strappy sandals for the wedding I'm going to be in. I want cheap ones, cause...I so don't need any (my perfectly lovely pewter strappy sandals are not acceptable). And I'm already paying $180 for the dang dress.

Okay, WTFF? (Wacky shoes.) [link]

Hollaback sites sounds like a great idea, but I got the feeling that waving a camera in their faces will only cause more violence from them.

There's probably only so much the authorites will ignore from them, don't you think? "She took my picture so I punched her" could well be crossing the line.

Even before your assault today I've heard talk about it happening and its nauseating. PICTURES of it happening could be even more effective.

::snuggles Shir::

I know the local Hollaback site has had a number of postings about guys who grab women or, in a few instances, hit them. It makes me sad - especially since some of the physically aggressive ones, even when reported to authorities, seem to get away with it.

Shir, that's horrifying.

I wish I could video tape it. Cause it's not always just, "Hey Baby." it's a whole string of "Heybabyyoursobeautiful.HeyheyIknowyouhearme.Whatyouwonttalktome? FUCK YOU BITCH!"

There's probably only so much the authorites will ignore from them, don't you think? "She took my picture so I punched her" could well be crossing the line.

Yes, but I don't want to get the second punch. Not the first punch as well, as a matter of fact. Though I wonder if they'll cross the lines and lay their hands on a strange, impure woman who might be even, gasp, menstruating! (they just used a wire on me, which didn't require physical touch, which is forbidden).

Aw Shir!

Maybe whip out a camera and yell I'M MENSTRUATING as you take the picture?

Trudy for the win.

There was a controversy in Brooklyn a little while ago (I kind of lost track of it and don't know how it was resolved) where the city was building a bike lane all through the borough -- some parts of it were bike trails through parks or along rivers, and other parts were designated bike lanes on streets connecting the park and river parts. One section of it went through a Hasidic neighborhood, and some people there were just furious at all these people in exercise clothes coming through. They lobbied the city to change the route, and also harassed all the people they thought were inappropriately dressed. I read one article that quoted a woman who said that she'd ridden her bike through wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and when she was stopped for traffic at a corner, a Hasidic man came up to her and asked how much she charged. (There were also plenty of Hasidic people who had no problem with the bike lane, and even a few younger people who started an underground Hasidic bike shop, but several of the people who did have an issue with it were people who were already active in political stuff and thus could get their voices heard by the city.)