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Category Archive for "Silver Spring"

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Harassed THREE TIMES in 10 minutes: “I constantly feel threatened & disrespected & scared.”

Feb 1, 2013

Location: Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, Wheaton Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking down Georgia Avenue and and man asked me “where is your boyfriend?” and I said “I don’t have a boyfriend, I’m a Lesbian” and he told me that I “just need some good dick”. He tried to continue to talk to me and […]

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“On an almost daily basis, I was harassed going to the pharmacy or the bank.”

Nov 6, 2012

Location: Langley Park/Silver Spring Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) For the longest year of my life, I lived in an apartment off of New Hampshire Avenue that was about a ten-minute drive to College Park. At first, I was thrilled with the cheap rent and all of my neighbors seemed really nice, but within a month I became so […]

13

“What, you don’t hear me?”

Jan 17, 2012

I was going to meet my boyfriend after his rehearsal at a local studio close to my house. When I got there, however, he texted me to say the director had a bit more he wanted to run and he really wasn’t sure when they would be let out. As it was very cold, I […]

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“Can’t we just be friends?”

Oct 21, 2011

The following is a response I wrote in relation to a story someone else posted last month–(found here: http://hollabackdc.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/look-im-sure-youre-nice-and-not-creepy-and-all/#comment-3686 ) I wrote it mainly in defense of the original poster’s story, and in response to the 2 individuals who criticized her for being frosty and defensive toward a strange man who approached her with the “Can’t […]

15

Borders Creeper

Jul 21, 2011

About a week and a half ago, I decided to go hang out downtown so I could get out of my apartment. I headed into Borders to do some browsing. I went to the little catalog search kiosk and was typing in some keywords when a guy (early twenties, around my age) passed by me […]

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