The Red Line was horrible today because of single-tracking and mobs of tourists on it, which I can deal with, but I can’t deal with men invading my space on the train. I stood for a good part of the ride, and when the train finally got to Dupont a seat became available for me. […]
I lived near the Rosslyn metro during a semester I spent in DC this past spring. I always went up to the Safeway near my apartment. One afternoon I was quietly shopping in an aisle and an older, chubby man walked past me then stopped. I tried ignoring him thinking he’d carry on. No. He […]
Another Harassment Hill story… I was walking down 14th St. NW coming home from Target on Saturday evening, when a man standing at a bus stop says loudly at me, “Hey, you had better smile and make the world a better place!” He said it as a command, but he also seemed quite amused with […]
I am exiting Brookland Metro, feeling good that my jury duty was served and I could go back to my normal life. Unfortunately, normal involves being sexually harassed. At the fare gates, the guy at the gate next to me said “Hey, cutie pie” all casually. I have had a long day, am feeling tired, […]
It is 2:00am on Saturday and I am on the Green Line coming from Chinatown. I’m standing at the door waiting to get off at U Street and a young guy standing next to me, reaches over, grabs my inner thigh and squeezes it. I can’t believe what just happened. I look over at my […]