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Location: Cleveland Park – Connecticut Avenue NW Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Something terrifying happened to me on Friday evening, September 26th, around 10:30 pm, after taking a taxi to Cleveland Park. After repeated personal questions and inappropriate comments that made me uncomfortable (eg “I like you,” “will you go on a date with me?”), the cab driver stopped […]

Location: Wilson Blvd, outside Ballston Metro Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I decided to bike from Clarendon to Ballston Metro to get some exercise before a league in Falls Church, and figured it was an easy ride since there are well marked bike lanes and I own about every neon article of clothing or bike light accessory known to […]

Location: I & 13th NW, 1st & D, Judiciary Square Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Last Monday (9/15), I went to do an on-foot delivery for work. First, as I waited to cross the street at 13th & I Streets NW, a cab driver passed me and pointed to his cab as if he was offering me a ride. […]

Location: Eastern Market, 8th and SE Pennyslvania Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) So street harassment is not a new thing in urban culture and urban dwellings. I, along with my coworkers get harassed on a daily basis just walking from the office to grab lunch 2 blocks away – and the easy thing is to just ignore it since […]

Location: Near 11th & Columbia Rd NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was walking to Malcolm X Park on a Sunday afternoon, and this “man” – in his 20’s? – started catcalling me and sharing details about how he was going to f*** me. I flicked him off, and he started shouting how yes he was […]