--- title: Feminist Phone Intervention has a Number to give Aggressive Creeps description: The feminist phone intervention provides a phone number to give to aggressive "suitors." A call prompts an automated bell hooks quote canonical: https://time.com/2871143/this-is-the-definitive-phone-number-to-give-sketchy-guys-who-demand-your-digits-at-bars/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-13T16:50:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:45.507Z og:title: This Is the Definitive Phone Number to Give Sketchy Guys Who Demand Your Digits at Bars og:description: Texts and calls prompt automated feminist quotes og:url: https://time.com/2871143/this-is-the-definitive-phone-number-to-give-sketchy-guys-who-demand-your-digits-at-bars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfabd6a77f540101e/69868801169ab04e9927881d/1849544481.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: 184954448 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is the Definitive Phone Number to Give Sketchy Guys Who Demand Your Digits at Bars twitter:description: Texts and calls prompt automated feminist quotes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfabd6a77f540101e/69868801169ab04e9927881d/1849544481.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is the Definitive Phone Number to Give Sketchy Guys Who Demand Your Digits at Bars > Sponsored content. 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The next time an unwanted suitor demands your number, and you want to escape the situation, give him the following: **(669) 221-6251.** “Because,” [according to the project’s Tumblr,](http://feminist-phone-intervention.tumblr.com/post/88518084309/669-221-6251) “(669) UGH-ASIF, WTF-DUDE, and MAJR-SHADE were taken.” All calls and texts prompt an automated quote by feminist writer [bell hooks](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bell-Hooks/22762902634). Choice words of wisdom include: --- > “” --- and --- > “” --- This is way better than the “[Rejection hotline.](http://rejectionline.com)“ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2871143/this-is-the-definitive-phone-number-to-give-sketchy-guys-who-demand-your-digits-at-bars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2871143/this-is-the-definitive-phone-number-to-give-sketchy-guys-who-demand-your-digits-at-bars/"},"headline":"This Is the Definitive Phone Number to Give Sketchy Guys Who Demand Your Digits at Bars","datePublished":"2014-06-13T16:50:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:45.507Z","description":"Texts and calls prompt automated feminist quotes","url":"https://time.com/2871143/this-is-the-definitive-phone-number-to-give-sketchy-guys-who-demand-your-digits-at-bars/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","feminism","women","gender","relationships","Feminist"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfabd6a77f540101e/69868801169ab04e9927881d/1849544481.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfabd6a77f540101e/69868801169ab04e9927881d/1849544481.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"184954448","caption":"184954448","creditText":"webphotographeer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2871143/this-is-the-definitive-phone-number-to-give-sketchy-guys-who-demand-your-digits-at-bars/","name":"This Is the Definitive Phone Number to Give Sketchy Guys Who Demand Your Digits at Bars"}}]}] ```