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I was walking to a kickball game and these two guys were walking in front of me, talking really loudly and cursing a lot. They kept looking back at me and saying things like “sexy girl coming up.” I crossed the street and they yelled at me, “What, are you a racist? You had to […]

This experience is definitely not the worst I’ve faced but one factor really stuck out to me. I was walking down Connecticut with mom to get dinner at a restaurant. It was evening, but still totally light out, maybe 5 or 6 30. I’m fifteen and my mom is, well, a mom. A large SUV […]

My husband and I were getting some groceries on Saturday afternoon (4/9) in the Soviet Safeway. I had to ask a man to move as he was blocking the bread that I needed to get to. I asked nicely, “Excuse me, please, sir.” He responded oddly but fairly politely: “Go on young ma’am.” My husband […]

I was heading east on S Street, half a block away from 18th Street, when a tall, mid-30s Caucasian man wearing a big sweatshirt and jeans approached me. He asked me if I could give him a hand with something, and then lifted up his sweatshirt to reveal himself exposed. I ran to the other […]

I was walking back from the U street metro station, just having returned from a trip home for Christmas. I was dragging my suitcase, was tired and hungry, and was pretty oblivious to my surroundings (especially since this walk is also part of my daily commute). I had just passed the Rite Aid and was […]