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I often like to sleep on the metro, but never sleep if I am on the outside seat. This Friday, I fell asleep on the inside and a few stations in a dude came and sat next to me. Before I knew it, he had fallen asleep on me. Ew. I was obviously not able […]

Yesterday, after being told that my job would be ending next week, I went to a friend’s house for the evening for some cheering up. I left her house near the Cathedral at 11:15pm and took a cab to the Foggy Bottom metro. I was on the platform, waiting for the last train of the […]

My best friend is a man and often hears me and my girlfriend complain about the constant, degrading harassment (both verbal AND physical) we’ve experienced while living in DC. I know he struggles with how he can be an effective ally and I think this spontaneous exchange was a pretty good solution: We were walking […]

I was walking to the bus stop at Wiehle Avenue and standing on the street corner about to cross. There was a young man about my age standing next to me and we both had headphones on. A big corporate van was turning onto the street in front of me and slowed to a crawl […]

My three friends and I were sitting on a bench in Dupont Circle the other night just talking when a sleazy man approached us. He started telling us that we were having too much fun and we were sexy. Then he turns to me and says, “Damn big girl, I’d fuck that pussy up! I […]