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Location: K Street NW between 6th and 5th Street (Mt Vernon/Convention Center) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking to the Safeway at 5th and L Street NW and a biker came up behind me (I could hear the bike, so I moved slightly to the right of the side walk to let it pass) and […]

I was walking to the metro, on my way to my job as a nanny, having an absolutely terrible day when I passed a group of guys who hang out on the block. One of them said “Good afternoon.” I ignored him, cranky and wrapped up in my head. He and some of his friends […]

Location: Massachusetts & 5th NE (Mt. Vernon/Convention Center) Time: Night (7:30P-12A) As I was driving home this evening, a man on a bicycle attempted to pull me off of my scooter by the shoulder strap of my bag. He was yelling something that I couldn’t understand (because I wear a full motorcycle helmet.) I screamed for help […]

I was walking to pick up some groceries, and a guy approached me right before I got to the store. He said hello, and gave me the once over. I said hello back to come across as confident, and to hide my discomfort. I went into the store and grabbed a cart, and then I […]

A man on the metro was wearing a shirt that said “I support single mothers” and in the middle were pictures of strippers sliding around a pole. You know, I am for free speech and clearly he was wearing this shirt for a reaction. I can’t tell him to take it off, but I did […]