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I walked off the Shaw/Howard Metro stop, minding my own business, and two guys started to follow me. They were just hitting on me, pretty par for course in my neighborhood, so I put my Ipod in and let it go. A block and a half later, I turn around and they’re still there. Now […]

This is a mostly positive story. In fact, it was badass. I was walking North up 7th Street to get lunch. One man, probably in his 50s, said, “Hey beautiful…” and started to try to talk with me as he walked along side me. I looked over at him and said, “I don’t like that. […]

Last night, walking home from U St with a friend who was a survivor of sexual assault and already nervous to be walking anywhere at night–she was coming home with me so I could drive her back to her apartment. Two guys roll up in white pickup and drive slow along side us, the guy […]

Earlier in the summer, I was walking down 13th Street towards the metro mid-morning, dressed professionally and conservatively, when two young men approached me mid-block between V and W with nobody else around. I typically make eye contact and say good morning when I am walking in this neighborhood, as it is the neighborhood I […]

To preface this story: now, I don’t ever think the clothes I wear entitle strangers to make unwanted advances. Furthermore, I find the fact that women often need to make lifestyle changes (i.e. dress differently) in order to protect themselves against harassment an absurd limitation on their rights. But before I begin this story, I […]