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    It was Saturday night, my friend’s birthday, and we had been bar-hopping. After the first three bars, I got a little tired and a little drunk and took the metro home from Dupont Circle to Columbia Heights alone, around midnight.
After I’d switched trains at Gallery Place, I leaned back and fell asleep, being […]

I was walking back from a bar crawl with my roommate. It was a Saturday night — still early, around 10:00pm. We walked by a group of people whose party had spilled out onto their front porch. Usually large groups of loud, drunk men make me nervous, but I was with my friend and saw […]

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 Thursday, around 8:30pm, I was walking up 14th Street (A.K.A Harassment Hill) in order to go to my boyfriend’s house. Around Florida and 14th a man who I have been harassed by before as well as witness him harass other women started yelling at me from the opposite side of the street.  This kept […]

Let it be known that I am the biggest male cheerleader (no pun intended) for this blog, and I fully support its aims. I read it regularly and find it to be empowering not just to women, but for the community at-large. We want to create a culture of community that practices full inclusion and […]