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    Beverly Baker
    • Mar 22
    • 3 min

    The Asphalt Anthropology Manifesto

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    Beverly Baker
    • Nov 30, 2021
    • 9 min

    Mayhem on Melrose: What You Need to Know About Safe Holiday Shopping No Matter Where You Are

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    Beverly Baker
    • May 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Self-Defense Starts with a Street Smart Mindset

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    Beverly Baker
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Self-Defense Myth Busting: Don't Look at Your Phone!

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    Beverly Baker
    • Mar 10, 2021
    • 5 min

    Street Smart Self-Defense Skill: Threat Discernment - A Whole Brain Approach

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    Beverly Baker
    • Jan 10, 2021
    • 7 min

    Don’t Let the Tame Ones Tell You How to Live: The One Where I Slam the Suburbs

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    Beverly Baker
    • Nov 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Street Smart Street Dodges: What Every City Girl Should Know

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    Beverly Baker
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Affordances: Street Smart Self-Defense Is All About Perspective

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    Beverly Baker
    • May 10, 2020
    • 6 min

    Asphalt Anthropology: How COVID is Changing Non-Verbal Cues For Street Safety

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    Beverly Baker
    • Feb 4, 2020
    • 6 min

    Spotting Self-Defense Superstitions: Here's One of Mine

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    Beverly Baker
    • Jan 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    Self-Defense: On Balancing Compassion and Vigilance

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    Beverly Baker
    • Dec 13, 2019
    • 1 min

    Reflecting on 2019

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    Beverly Baker
    • Nov 18, 2019
    • 4 min

    A Day of Compassion: In the Shoes of Women Riding Public Transit

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    Beverly Baker
    • Nov 3, 2019
    • 4 min

    Mindfulness: Not Just for the Yoga Mat - Take it to the Street!

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    Beverly Baker
    • Jul 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Scream from Behind the Boulevard

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    Beverly Baker
    • Jul 22, 2019
    • 8 min

    Once Upon a Time on Hollywood Boulevard

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    Beverly Baker
    • Jul 15, 2019
    • 4 min

    A Subversive Woman's Tale of Taking No Sh*t

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    Beverly Baker
    • Apr 28, 2019
    • 5 min

    I Have A Soft Spot for Tourists… or Maybe its Just the Accent

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    Beverly Baker
    • Apr 1, 2019
    • 4 min

    Hey Transphobe! Look Over There While I Distract You Just Like I Would with a Toddler!

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    Beverly Baker
    • Mar 22, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Love Letter to LA Red Line Riders

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