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Within five minutes of arriving to meet up with friends at The Reef, around 10:30pm, I was approached from behind by a guy who touched my middle back and said something along the lines of, “Oh hey baby, you….” but I interrupted, “No, nope, nuh-uh” and turned away to diffuse the situation. To which he […]

I know what happened to my best friend and I was an act of harassment. I know that the real cause for it was sexual. I also know that most people would just brush it off. Two weeks ago my best friend and I were shopping in Adams Morgan. She had seen a dress she […]

I don’t think I qualify for this exactly, but I think the story should be told. A month ago I saw a perfectly respectable lady harassed by a man in his SUV. He was shouting at her, something about her red hair – which, by the way, was a red in the “normal” range of […]

I was running today – wearing running tights and a longish shirt and lovely gentleman called to me “hey, camel toe!” I feel like every time I run, regardless of what I’m wearing, I’m harassed. And I’m not cute when I run — so I can only imagine the jeers other women get. It’s so […]

Last Sunday night at about 10pm, I left my house to get a decent meal after working on a fellowship application for about 36 hours. I had not showered since Friday morning, and I was wearing black sweatpants and a red hoodie — hardly glamorous. Still, I felt light and relieved to be done with […]