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I was crossing through Meridian Hill Park on my way to work this morning at 8:30. In the morning, there are joggers and people with strollers, and I do not feel unsafe. When I turned a corner and started to walk down some steps, a man exposed himself to me. I yelled, ” What the […]

I was walking to the gym the other evening and the guy behind me was trying to get my attention by calling out “Hey boo. I just want to tell you look good.”  I just wanted to get to the gym in peace and was in no mood to deal with being catcalled. After I […]

I was grocery shopping with my 11-week old infant when he awoke from a nap and needed to eat. I went up to the Cafe at Whole Foods, and sat in the way back near the women’s bathroom, with my back to the rest of the clientele, in order to breastfeed him in semi-private. The […]

I was waiting on the sidewalk at 14th & Harvard for the light to change during the evening rush hour. Two teenage boys stopped next to me. A teenage girl was walking by about 10 ft away and I could see her head was down and her hands in her pockets. One of the boys […]

This weird older man who I frequently see on the bus (boards at Rosslyn and gets off immediately after at M & 34th), sat next to me today. Normally he’s skittish about sitting. He used my body like an arm rest when he leaned to pull the chain and put pressure on me. He didn’t […]