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I was walking home from the bus stop around 8:30 pm on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The bus stop is only about a block from my house. I decided to stop to get dinner to go from a local Mexican restaurant. As I was exiting the restaurant, I walked about 25 feet down the street. […]

There’s been some discussion of one or more young men falsely soliciting for Boys and Girls Club in the past here. Yesterday I commented on the most recent post to share that someone had approached me in similar fashion near the McPherson metro stop in the late winter/early springtime. Coincidentally, yesterday evening I was coming […]

I was heading towards the 42 bus stop near the white house. For the first time this summer I was wearing a dress. I had been harassed earlier when two different guys made comments, and I was already wary of men on the street. At the corner of Vermont ave & K street, there was […]

I was walking hope around 1pm on saturday. As I was crossing 14th street, a car barreled through the pedestrian crossing right in front of me. It really bothers me when drivers disobey the rules of the road – so I signaled to the sign and said to the driver ‘this is a pedestrian crossing!’ […]

I apologize in advance for this rant. I am having some difficulty lately coping emotionally with all of the street harassment and assault I’ve experienced. Unfortunately, this is just one of hundreds of horrible street harassment experiences. On Thursday night, I was walking home, dressed very plainly (not that it should matter at all) and […]