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Location: Walking into my house in Petworth, DC Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Last night, I came home and parked down the block since there was no space available in front of my house. As I walked up to my steps, the car full of guys parked right in front of my house turned their windows down to comment on […]

Location: New York Avenue and 3rd St NW (Mt. Vernon/NoMa) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was walking toward the Mount Vernon metro and walked past two males as they made comments about my body that I didn’t really try make out because I was so accustomed to them at that intersection by that point. I didn’t bother to […]

Location: Between Columbia Heights and Woodley Park, DC Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) It was one of the first nice days out in a long time, so I decided to walk home from the Target in Columbia Heights rather than take the bus. I noticed a man leaning out the passenger side window of a car leering at me […]

Location: 14th & U Street NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Two of my friends and I had stopped into a beer & wine store on 14th around 9:30pm Friday, 3/28/14. We are all 25 years old and were all dressed casually in jeans and sweatshirts. We exited the store with a 6-pack and began to walk […]

Location: 17th and L st NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) There’s a group of bike messengers that have made the entrance to Potbellies (sic) and the Kita building their home. They stand there all day, hollering at women, asking them to smile, saying all sorts of terrible things. I’ve confronted them, saying “hey, you seem like nice […]