I was headed to the library when a red car, which had the most loud and obnoxious music coming from it, made a left turn really fast from 18th onto Adams. The driver yells something that sounded like “Yo, beautiful!” at me. I wasn’t in the mood. I rolled my eyes. I was going to […]
Once a week, I work at a basement boutique on U street. We don’t have an official store sign, so my bosses created a banner that we put up and take down as we need to. Last week after we had closed the store, I was standing over our stairs trying to figure out how […]
Location: Massachusetts & 5th NE (Mt. Vernon/Convention Center) Time: Night (7:30P-12A) As I was driving home this evening, a man on a bicycle attempted to pull me off of my scooter by the shoulder strap of my bag. He was yelling something that I couldn’t understand (because I wear a full motorcycle helmet.) I screamed for help […]
I was just coming into work late this morning and I got hit on two blocks from home over by the Chipotle on Connecticut Ave NW and Calvert St NW. The harasser called to me as I was crossing the street, “Hey young lady.” At first, I thought some friends were teasing me. I looked […]
We were deeply saddened to hear about the stabbing of a DC Metro bus driver who attempted to intervene in the harassment of several passengers earlier this week. Responding to complaints about a man who was masturbating on the bus, the driver asked the man to stop and respect the other passengers. The man then […]