Take Back the Day

It's been around a while; we don't know how it escaped our notice. It should be clear to anyone reading this by now that hollabacknyc would be our cup of tea and we would make it our business to learn about it almost before it existed. So although we were caught snoozing, we'll make up for it now.

Because it's summer in New York, and 'tis the season we ladies must choose between modesty and comfort. As we re-adjust to having quite a bit of our bodies exposed as we go about our daily business, we must steel ourselves for the Beavis and Buttheads who have come out from their dark caves to remind us that we exist for their visual pleasure.

Even broads who've been around the block a few times find that often you can't walk around the block in peace. But thanks to Hollabacknyc, there's an antidote to the fury of being cat-called.

The Hollabacknyc ladies are fighting back with their camera phones and you can too. Keep your camera at the ready as you stroll by that construction site or klatch of drunken idiots and tell them to say cheese. Send the delightful results to hollabacknyc.com and perhaps the jerk will end up in jail!

Yes, we know it's vigilantism, and that's not always the best policy. Yes, we know that it's possible that the good name (or image) of innocent gentlemen could be besmirched and could be subject to mob justice. As the Village Voice noted, a guy caught on camera with his little pal in his hand could be waving it aggressively at a poor lass on the street or he could just be taking a public piss. (To this we say, 'A guy yes, but a gentleman no'.)

So we'll give you this, hollabacknyc: Thanks for giving us a reason to look forward to the next moron who has the poor judgment to tell us he just loooooves tall women!