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Last Saturday morning I was walking home from the Farmers Market at 14th and U. Right outside the the McDonald’s on 14th and U a man says, “hey there, you are beautiful.” I’m not in the mood to deal with it so I decide to ignore him and keep walking. He continues to yell after […]

I was walking to my bus stop after attending the HollaBack DC picnic. There is a group of men that always congregate at the north end of the park, right by the intersection of 16th & Euclid. I often avoid that spot, but had no choice but to walk by it that day. I walked […]

On Sunday afternoon I was coming out of the Farragut West metro, and a young man approached me saying he was trying to fund raise for The Boys and Girls Club. I didn’t believe that he was really doing that, and I told him I didn’t have any money with me, sorry. At that point […]

I often like to sleep on the metro, but never sleep if I am on the outside seat. This Friday, I fell asleep on the inside and a few stations in a dude came and sat next to me. Before I knew it, he had fallen asleep on me. Ew. I was obviously not able […]

I was walking to the bus stop at Wiehle Avenue and standing on the street corner about to cross. There was a young man about my age standing next to me and we both had headphones on. A big corporate van was turning onto the street in front of me and slowed to a crawl […]