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I was leaving Soho in Dupont on Friday morning, a little bit after midnight, and a man–probably mid-late twenties, wearing khaki pants and a sweater approached me, grabbed my hand and asked where I was going. I attempted to shake off his grasp, backing away from him, and said that I was going home. He […]

Spring in DC is not spring in DC without the rough sounds of construction. And I suppose, it’s also not spring without another cat call. It happens so often that I usually take little note, but this time there were just too many in a row, like a cat call line-up. I was walking with […]

This is more of a success story about how Holla Back DC! subconsciously empowered me to fight back. I was walking to the Dupont Circle metro around 2am and I felt completely safe because Connecticut Avenue was crowded with people leaving the bars or just hanging out outside. I felt so safe that I told […]

I was walking to the metro at the end of the day around 6:00. I had my headphones on as usual and was pretty focused on walking when a guy came up beside me and motioned for me to take my headphones off. I stopped, thinking he might need something. He was holding a form […]

My friend and I were spending time catching up and having snacks outside. We had been sitting on the benches for awhile, chatting. I heard a faint rustling behind us and saw a man out of the corner of my eye, leering at us, and MASTURBATING behind the bushes. I indicated to my friend that […]