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I was on a bus going by the corner of 15 and U Streets. As it waited for passengers to unload and load, I saw a man standing near the corner but not at the stop, ogling women as they walked past. As far as I could tell, he wasn’t saying anything. But as women […]

The name of Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station needs to be changed into “Harassment Island Metro Station,” because walking through it to get to the train platform is a gauntlet of harassment. Yesterday, I was walking through it and this creepy guy sidles past me and says “Hey, mama!” Ew! I told him that’s not […]

I’m walking home from Brookland Metro and it’s wet and gross outside. Brookland is a nice neighborhood with good people, but there are some sketchy parts and sketchy people that don’t know to leave well enough alone. I wear my MP3 player as a way to deter street harassers from bothering me. I keep it […]

Last Friday around 1 PM I was walking down P street towards 14th.  I was talking on my phone and I hear a taxi driver start yelling, “Hey miss” at me. I look at him but keep walking. He keeps yelling so I stop.  He asks me if I need I ride even though it […]

I was on my way to Rhode Island Avenue Station to get to work this morning and I waited at one intersection. When the light changed I proceeded to cross the street, but not without some driver beeping at me like mad as I tried to cross. It startled me, and I was livid. “Fucking […]