The Driver
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...
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“Hey boo boo!”
photo by FredoAlvarez I’ve just left my friend’s and am waiting across the street at the bus stop on 18th and Jackson NE (Brookland). We had been sitting on her porch and seen two guys in a black...
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Wish I Was Wonder Woman
photo by Looking Glass via Flickr The constant rain seemed to make my commutes these past few days harassment-free, but I spoke too soon. I was trying to walk home from Brookland Metro Station this...
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The Scary Walk Home
Photo by by Mr. T in DC I am walking home from Brookland Metro. I’m feeling tired but good—did some shoe shopping and wanted to get home. Blocks from my house, some guy in his van beeps at me. I give...
View ArticleFollow Up to Wonder Woman
I have an update to the “I Wish I Was Wonder Woman” story I submitted two weeks ago. I am just walking home from Brookland Metro (I would love to know why there’s a surge of harassment in Brookland...
View ArticleSame Old, Same Old
Same old crap, same old nonsense while walking down 10th Street NE (towards Rhode Island Ave.) to the train station. Horns beeped at me, guys I didn’t know yelled “Hello!” from their cars, and I passed...
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“I Spoke Back to a Street Harasser And He Threatened to Shoot Me in the Head”
Location: John McCormack Dr NE DC (Catholic Univerisity/Brookland Metro Station) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Around 5:30 PM, I was walking up John McCormack St. NE from CUA Brookland Metro...
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Home Isn’t Safe: “I felt like a sexual object… in my own front yard.”
Location: 12th St. NE & Girard St. NE, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Tonight, I was walking into my own front yard and saying “hi” to a neighbor (also female) who lives in...
View ArticleCutie Pie = NOT Your Pie
I am exiting Brookland Metro, feeling good that my jury duty was served and I could go back to my normal life. Unfortunately, normal involves being sexually harassed. At the fare gates, the guy at the...
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“He then started yelling, ‘F*ck you, b*tch!” over and over again.'”
Location: Taylor St. & Harewood Rd NE Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Some guy started trying to talk to me. I was tired so I didn’t respond. He then started yelling, “Fuck you, bitch!”...
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“He then started yelling, ‘F*ck you, b*tch!” over and over again.'”
Location: Taylor St. & Harewood Rd NE Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Some guy started trying to talk to me. I was tired so I didn’t respond. He then started yelling, “Fuck you, bitch!”...
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“I Spoke Back to a Street Harasser And He Threatened to Shoot Me in the Head”
Location: John McCormack Dr NE DC (Catholic Univerisity/Brookland Metro Station) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Around 5:30 PM, I was walking up John McCormack St. NE from CUA Brookland Metro...
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Home Isn’t Safe: “I felt like a sexual object… in my own front yard.”
Location: 12th St. NE & Girard St. NE, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Tonight, I was walking into my own front yard and saying “hi” to a neighbor (also female) who lives in...
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