Calling All Cats - How Fatiha Washington Navigates Through A World of Misogyny

 
Fatiha is only 17, but almost every day she will get whistles, hoots, and hollers from random men when she’s walking through the streets of New York – even in her own neighborhood.
— Ishya

By Ishya Washington

Teenage girls Ishya and her sister Fatiha are certainly not new to catcalling. But what goes through a girl's mind when some random guy on the street refuses to give up?

Ishya is a student at Baruch College Campus High School in the Flatiron District of Manhattan. She is an active member of her school’s track club, ASL club, Black & Latino Student Union, and debate team! When Ishya isn’t talking on the phone with her friends, she finds herself reading or learning new songs on her ukulele.


The Summer Youth Podcast Academy is an intensive beginner podcasting workshop for New York City public school students, hosted by The Bell in partnership with Gimlet Media.

 
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