This Thursday, we’re celebrating our 5th anniversary with a blowout party, the second annual “Lights, Camera (Collective!) Action!” In addition to live jazz, vegan snacks, an open bar by DC Brau, a photobooth, free massages and a silent auction featuring local loot, the event will feature live portraits (yes, drawn live!) by DC artist, Rose Jaffe! We spoke with […]
This Saturday, October 19, over 250 women are expected to participate in “19th Amendment Alleycat,” or what might be the District’s first all-women alleycat. Organized by two women bikers who are active in the city’s cycling community, the grassroots event aims to help women feel comfortable and confident on the DC streets, especially when faced […]
Location: Langley Park, Silver Spring (MD) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) As a guy, street harassment is something I haven’t always noticed a great deal. I grew up in Boston, and it just wasn’t something that I saw very often. I can remember maybe one or two instances, and I’m sure that it was very annoying and possibly frightening […]
After moving to DC, I learned how some men perceived the Metro as unspoken hyper-masculine “male space,” where their language, tone, word choice, and space dominate the geography of those train cars. By Courtney Brooks When we moved to the DC area last year I confess I was looking forward to partaking in the tour-book version […]
THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Let’s Make Change Happen! event on October 17th, co-hosted with Rainbow Response Coalition! We had a blast and hope you did, too. An extra-big thanks goes to our generous host, Amanda Kloer, Campaign Director at Change.org, who made this event possible. We loved hearing about all the different ways organizations […]