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Location: Mt. Pleasant St & Kenyon St NW (Mt. Pleasant) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking home from yoga class on Sunday evening and talking to my mom on the phone when a man on a bike slowed down, looked me in the eye, and said, “camel toe.” I screamed that he was a “disgusting […]

Location: 14th & I St NW (McPherson) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) It was almost dusk, and I was walking towards the metro at McPherson along Franklin Square Park to meet my friend. As I looked down at my phone to text my friend know that I was almost there, a man was walking in the opposite […]

Location: L’Enfant Metro Station, waiting for the orange line Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Today I was assaulted at L’Enfant metro station while waiting for an orange train for the second time this year. The platform there is dark and cramped and overrun with the large number of construction projects down there and now also the addition […]

Location: Peets Coffee & Tea at 17th & L NW (Farragut North) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I feel terrible. I just walked into Peets and let the manager know about the homeless man sitting outside. He’s not disturbing anyone, just reading a book at the table. This man has, in the past, harassed me on several occasions. He’s called […]

Location: 12th and F St. NW (Metro Center) Time: Late Night (12am-5am) I have lived in this beautiful, vibrant city for nearly 6 years now, and almost every single day, I find a new reason to be thankful for how exciting, convenient, and adventurous it still is to me. Today was one of those rare but necessary […]