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Renee’s story: the Wellington 7s

Got on the bus at the Basin/Newtown McDonalds about 17:15 last night (04/02) and was greeted by a large group of men and screaming and chanting ‘ON THE BLOCK’ at me. The girls they were with just laughed and ignored it.
It was threatening, it was disgusting and it’s one of the first times I’ve ever felt harassed like that before.

Unbelievable.

I f*cking hate 7′s weekend because of this shit.

Published on February 4,2012 at 9:46 pm in Your Story,
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