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Hey, y’all, I posted this on facebook and tagged Hollaback DC, but wanted to submit it the blog, too because I feel so great!! I was just holla’d out outside the Potbelly at CT and L NW (on my way back from getting lunch at another shop) by bike messengers who are always making trouble. […]

Headed to the bus stop from work, sporting a 4-month baby bump, when a man in a dark blue pickup truck decided to slow down to 5 mph for a sleazy catcall. “Damn, that’s a fine dress…” Really?! Even in maternity clothing?! Not sure if this is worse than getting harassed by the DC garbage […]

I’m starting an internship on Monday and I just got to D.C. today. So I thought I’d do a little exploring. I was walking down 14th St. toward Pennsylvania Ave. A man was walking behind me and he said “I like your pocketbook.” I turned to see if he was talking to me and he was, so […]

I was walking along K Street near the White House at lunchtime on a work day and a man was standing in the middle of the sidewalk. As I approached, I saw him harassing a woman–I thought just for change. She passed me and then I got closer to him. He blocked my path and […]

I was coming home after working, I phone bank in the evenings, and it had been a particularly long night, and my friend who lives in Oregon called me as I was wrapping things up at work. I was on the phone with my friend as I got on and off the bus home. As […]