There’s not a woman or femme-identifying person who doesn’t know how it feels to be catcalled. Whether we’re walking down the street to get groceries, getting out of our car for our daily coffee, or simply on the way to work, it feels like the harassment never stops. And when we’re in the midst of being catcalled, many of us have to suck it up and stifle our only sane reaction: to defend ourselves and say something. We can’t even stand our ground without fear of a violent reaction. What are we to do? Well, for 20-year-old Noa Jarsma, the answer is taking a selfie with her catcallers. Welcome to “dearcatcallers,” an Instagram account that Noa started for all the times she gets catcalled.The account documents the men who harassed Noa alongside what they said and did, and documents all the times Noa got catcalled in a month. Though she documented only 24 instances, there were actually more; some men left before she could take a photo, and at times she didn’t feel safe enough to take one at all.
