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Location:  Metro – Red Line Between Forest Glen & Wheaton Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I was riding home around 10 PM last November and was sitting two seats away from an end door on the right side of the car. Caddy-corner to me was a girl a little younger than myself, maybe 20. Across from her, at the end […]

Location:  Green line; metro Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I have had two incidents riding metro over the past few years. the train was crowded and got more so, to the point where I ended up standing really close to other riders. In the first instance, the guy behind me decided to get closer, and began rubbing […]

After moving to DC, I learned how some men perceived the Metro as unspoken hyper-masculine “male space,” where their language, tone, word choice, and space dominate the geography of those train cars. By Courtney Brooks When we moved to the DC area last year I confess I was looking forward to partaking in the tour-book version […]

Location: Metro Train – Redline from Van Ness Metro to Downtown DC Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I had just entered a Metro train at the Van Ness Metro station around 8:00a.m. When I sat down, the man sitting across from me started talking to me, although I made it clear I was reading a book. He […]

Watch us Speak Out Against Harassment on the Metro! VIDEO When feminist activist Ben Atherton-Zeman asked us if we wanted to produce a public theater piece he’d written to address harassment on the Metro, we said ABSOLUTELY! Even though WMATA has made huge strides towards addressing public sexual harassment and assault, we continue to receive […]