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I was walking quickly through the store to the back of the food section to pick up a spice I needed. I was wearing my headphones, though one earpiece is broken. A tall man approached me from behind and asked, “Can you hear me?” I replied, “Yes.” He said, “Good because you didn’t see me […]

I just got out of an MMA class, and this dude on 14th and Irving compliments my outfit, and says “You look good in that, but you’d look better out of it” or some stupid thing like that. He muttered it enough that I just ignored him and went to the wine store. When I […]

I was walking along Columbia Rd while trying to find a cab home, when I saw a group of guys on the sidewalk ahead. As I got closer, I heard them talking about cigarettes. One of them said “yeah man, where’s my pack? Hold on a sec.” He then turned to me and said “hey […]

This happened over a year ago, but have never shared this. I want to share it now because it’s actually a positive experience that could have turned into something horribly wrong. I was walking home during the day from the metro to my house, cup of coffee in hand (Columbia Heights area) as I was […]

I go running most mornings at 5:30am. A man and an apartment security guard are usually waiting for their bus at the end of my block and across the street. Even though I’m across the street, the man (not the security guard) frequently cat calls me despite the fact that I’ve never looked his way […]