*More Cats Less Catcalls* Teen girls create anti-street-harassment music-video. Street harassment disproportionately impacts young women, women of color, and LGBTQ individuals. In this newly released music video Catcall for What?!, a group of teen girls make a call to action to change the culture of catcalling with bravado and humor. Displeased with the few existing films on harassment, most significantly the girls wanted their video to address street harassment in an unusual way. Tani Ikeda, founder of ImMEDIAte Justice, brought in numerous professionals: the directors, The Daniels, of Lil Jon and DJ Snake’s hit Turn Down for What? were excited and supportive of the girls’ efforts; Hollis, the Seattle-based singer-songwriter best known for her collaboration on Macklemore’s White Walls song, heard about the music video and contributed vocals to the project; and the artist Yazmin Monet Watkins rehearsed the girls to get loud and expressive in front of the camera. Ikeda brought one hundred stuffed animal cats to make the girls’ vision come alive. [I]n light of all the controversy around the 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman video, Catcall for What?! is a refreshing, affirming tool to make some headway on this persistent social problem. Read more: feministing/2014/11/12/more-cats-less-catcalls-teen-girls-create-anti-street-harassment-music-video/
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:49:59 +0000
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