Archive

I’m walking home, almost at my apartment, and I cross Q St. There’s a cab waiting at a red light full of drunken college kids, and the driver is turning around to talk to them, not paying attention or stepping on the break hard enough, so he’s inching forward towards me. I call out (casually, […]

I was walking alone up Georgia–this walk takes about 10 or 15 minutes. In that time I was harassed 6 times. No one time was particularly scary or mean, but the sum of that walk really upset me. 1. A group of younger men commented commented “hey girl, you don’t have to walk so fast. […]

This morning on my way to work, at Logan Circle, which is already a touch and go circle where cars just cut across the bike lane without looking, some guy on the curb makes grabby hands at me and makes a slurping sound. I. have. had. it. I turned around and chased him up the […]

A few weeks ago, I was walking my dog past Dunbar High School across from the fire station. It was one of the particularly beautiful days we’ve had this spring, and a group of all male firefighters was sitting on lawn chairs outside. A couple of the firefighters hollered at me from across the busy […]

I was waiting to cross the street at the cross walk. There was a car coming so I decided to let them pass but they slowed down… not to let me cross but stopped right in the middle of the cross walk, blocking it. Two guys in a car started whistling at and waving at […]