ha. okay, i'm being dramatic. i just went on a mission to washington dc's planned parenthood in northeast.
so i guess this story starts off before today. it starts off two weeks ago when i made my women's annual appointment. she had a 6 to 8 week waiting period . . which meant i wouldn't be able to get my new prescription for birth control until then. that poses a problem . . seeing that i dont just take the little suckers for "fun."
i called planned parenthood in northeast (which is like a few blocks from work) but of course, they wouldn't be able to see me until the end of december. that would be too late.
so i called planned parenthood in northeast. i thought, hey can't be that bad. i've been to northeast to grab furniture. it's metro/bus accessible. worst comes to worst, i get to see more of the district.
&& seeing the district is what i did.
my adventure today not only helped me claim my reproductive rights as a womyn . . but it also confirmed my thoughts on dc's deep segregation issues.
as i rode the 68 bus from my house south towards downtown . . most of my fellow passengers were blacks and latinos. as i got closer to the "newly revitalized" u street corridor . . most of my fellow passengers got lighter. all of these passengers got off somewhere between dupont and gallery place. very typical.
then i hopped onto bus to head east. next thing you know, i was the only non-african american on the bus. i felt like i was on a bus heading to work at banteay srei again . . and that really comforted me.
maybe it's because sarah jo keeps makign comments about how many abandoned houses are in our neighborhood. or that women keep talking about not walking around late at night . . but i've been feeling TOO comfortable in dc lately. or that i've come to live amongst people who just really LIKE being TOO comfortable. maybe too comfortable is good. too comfortable could also be too safe. could also be too happy.
i guess i should recognize my privilege in being able to ride buses all around town, feel safe in my own home, etc . . but i dont know if i want to wake up one day feeling overly sensitive about my surroundings . . or feeling less grounded in the "real" world.
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