Why is it that we can’t just go to a bar to have a good time? I was out with my friends this evening [HBDC! note: Friday evening] dancing and generally having a good time. At the first bar we went to, a guy started dancing with me. He said he didn’t want things to […]
It’s not new, this is not the first time and it won’t be the last. Returning from dinner at a friend’s house, I was entering the Eastern Market metro last night around 10:30pm and there was a group of guys hanging out near the entrance. As I walked past them, one called out “hey girlie, […]
I’ve just left my friend’s and am waiting across the street at the bus stop on 18th and Jackson NE (Brookland). We had been sitting on her porch and seen two guys in a black Corvette go FLYING down the street, and remarked on how dangerous that was (street is very hilly, amazing they didn’t […]
I hesitated to share this story because I felt embarrassed – ashamed even – that I was sexually harassed twice in one week. I am the woman who was accosted by the naked man in a ski mask masturbating on Monday night on P street. I went to talk to a therapist on Thursday morning […]
I am walking down 8th street (near G) in Eastern Market. A guy yells, “Hey, pretty lady, give me smile”. I don’t respond. He gets really close to me, points his figure a few inches from my face, and sternly says, “I said, give me a smile.” My heart skips a beat and I am […]