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Every morning I walk from the Judiciary Square metro, at the 4th Street exit, across the way to 3rd Street, and every morning it is a gauntlet of unwelcome “hey baby”-s “damn you lookin fine”-s and “mmmm mmmm”-s from the assorted loiterers outside the buildings. Just the anticipation of it is unnerving, and sometimes I […]

A man explained to my friends that the only reason I had my nails painted was because I wanted to get some “sexual healing.” He went on and on about how any woman who does anything to make herself look like she isn’t a troll, or any women who naturally doesn’t look like a troll […]

It’s not every day that our hunches end up on the front page of the Washington Post.  Color us shocked when we read the headlines “News of Metro Rapes Delayed.” Wait, weren’t we just campaigning for more transparency from our public transit authorities? Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato said on Tuesday that the police deliberately withheld […]

This March we will focus on public sexual harassment on our public transportation in the DC metro area.  As we gear up for March we want to know what types of  posts you’d like to see or if  you’d like to contribute in some way.  Please drop us a comment or email us at dchollaback@gmail.com. […]

A younger male got on the train and decided to sit next to me even though there were plenty of empty seats. I had on my headphones, but he started to talk to me anyway. He kept asking my name so I finally took out my headphones and told him my first name only (in […]