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Location: 11th & V st NW (Columbia Heights/U Street) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was walking from a friends apartment to the metro station at 10th and U street. It was 11 pm and even though I was alone there were people out on the streets since it was a Saturday night. A man kept yelling for me […]

Location: 14th & Spring Rd. (Columbia Heights) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) After a few days of battling a cough, I was tired. Tired of work, tired of coughing every time I laughed, and definitely tired of getting street harassed. So when this old man said, “Damn, baby, is that ALL you’re wearing?” (mind you, I was wearing […]

Location: Metro: Yellow line, between Shaw & Gallery Place Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I boarded the yellow line to Huntington at Columbia Heights metro station a little after 6pm. I was seated at one end of the car reading a book. A man, 40s to 50s, wearing sun glasses, started walking over to me while the […]

Location: 13th & Kenyon NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Late Night (12am-5am) A female friend and I decided to walk home from Wonderland late Saturday night. It was past last-call but before the bar closed. The street was deserted, save a few cabs and cars that drove by. As we walked down the north side of Kenyon, toward 13th […]

Location: Red & Green Metro lines, starting at Cleveland Park and ending at Columbia Heights Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Three young guys get on the train at Cleveland Park at the same time as me. I can hear them audibly *take notice of me* to each other when I sat down. I pretend to be engrossed in my phone. […]