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    Beverly Baker
    • Mar 22
    • 3 min

    The Asphalt Anthropology Manifesto

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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 10, 2021
    • 5 min

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

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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
    • Feb 4, 2020
    • 6 min

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

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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
    • Oct 8, 2019
    • 5 min

    Outsmart the Bad Guy: Practical Street Safety for Older Adults

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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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    Beverly Baker
    • Aug 2, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Truth Behind My Resting Bitch Face

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    Beverly Baker
    • Apr 3, 2018
    • 6 min

    Skid Row Coffee Talk: Learning from Sitting Still

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    Beverly Baker
    • Jan 5, 2018
    • 4 min

    City Survival Skills: The Freaky Fingers Edition

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    Beverly Baker
    • Dec 8, 2017
    • 7 min

    City Survival Skills: Making friends with fear

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