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I walk from the Gallery Place stop up 7th street to work. There are ALWAYS a ton of guys sitting on the steps of the closed storefronts. They generally share comments among themselves – sometimes stuff like “mmm-HMM” in tones of approval when they see some women, and “aw, hell no!” when they see others. […]

As I rounded the corner from K St on to 7th St NW last night, I saw a man getting ready to unload his delivery truck that was parked on the west wide of 7th. We made eye contact, and then as I passed, I heard him behind me, “Damn, baby. I thought you were […]

I was walking home from work on June 1 when I passed a man next to me on the sidewalk walking toward me. He made eye contact and smiled. I’m generally a friendly person and had had a really good day at work, so I smiled back. As he passed me, he reached around and […]

As I was walking home the other day after parking my car near my apartment, I passed two men walking the opposite direction on the sidewalk. One of them looked me up and down and then said, “Hi, baby. How are you?” I ignored him and just kept walking past, at which he stopped, turned […]

This story still infuriates me, even though it happened weeks ago when we had that sunny spell. Walking down N street to the bus stop, a guy posted up on the corner starts out with this: MMMMM GURRLL I bet yo boyfriend licks that pussy up EVERY NIGHT! UNNGG I’d smash you into next week! […]