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While waiting for the X2 bus a couple of nights ago, an older gentleman saw me approach and said, “woooo, your parents did a GOOD job with you!”, while looking at me up and down. I smiled politely and said, “I actually don’t like comments like that”. He was immediately apologetic, and I nodded and […]

Tonight I left my gym (13th and F NW) and hurried down the street to catch my bus home. I was walking and texting, and I noticed a uniformed guard standing outside a building up ahead. As I passed, he said loudly, “Hey yo, can I get a text too?” I kept my head down […]

I like to go to week day mass and if I miss it I like to have a quiet moment to pray. So I go to St Mary’s and trying am trying pray. It is sort of deserted except for a couple of people moving about + two creepy ( I presume to be homeless […]

I encounter street harassment far too often, but for some reason, the incidents that occurred to me on the past two Sundays are sticking in my mind. Two Sundays ago, I was on the X2 bus around 10:45 am and a middle-aged man started talking to me and would not leave me alone. He asked […]

Today I was walking along H street to Starbucks when I notice a man saying things while handing out some flyers. As I get walk further along and get closer to him, I hear him yelling after a woman who was heading inside a building, “Fine lady, walk away from me. This flyer would nicely […]