Women’s March Draws More in Washington D.C. Than the Inauguration as Inspiring Images Pour in Worldwide
Around the world today, women (and men) are marching to defend women’s rights and intersectional feminism, because the new American presidential administration poses a threat and an affront not only to women, but to people of color, the LGBTQIA community, Muslims, the disabled, and all civil rights, really. The Mary Sue staff is out there in force today, but for those of us stuck at home in front of a screen for whatever reason (hello!), here’s a look at what’s happening out there.
BREAKING: @CNN reports more people on National Mall for #WomensMarch than yesterday at this time for inauguration. pic.twitter.com/cmgQNuCgCo
— Marika Shaub (@marikatogo) January 21, 2017
“The president is not America…we are America” — @AmericaFerrera speaks at the #WomensMarch https://t.co/zh5JJPQnu0 https://t.co/YCqCkzov4l
— CNN (@CNN) January 21, 2017
Marches aren’t just taking place in Washington D.C. and elsewhere in the United States, but all over the world:
London #WomensMarch demonstrators make their way through the streets https://t.co/TAWbcMsShI pic.twitter.com/v9QrJJrIDA
— CNN (@CNN) January 21, 2017
Women’s March in #Sydney #Australia pic.twitter.com/RRzVR02AV5
— ukraine-english-news (@discjocke52) January 21, 2017
Women’s March in Tokyo actually happened https://t.co/vBzfL1ktgg via @ElleMagazine
— キミ (@starredSkipper) January 21, 2017
ICW Nigeria and GIWYN ARE IN solidarity with Women’s March in DC . Women Right are Human Rights @WomenThrive @WGNRR @ICWWest Africa pic.twitter.com/bmFUvoVAra
— GIWYN (@NmeziSybil) January 21, 2017
The Women’s March movement is taking place on every continent, even Antarctica https://t.co/dh0TKwCS86 pic.twitter.com/PoTk4WZdlo
— The Verge (@verge) January 21, 2017
Trains and planes full of protestors have been a fixture of the last 24 hours:
This is what your flight turns into when your plane’s full of women protesting in the Women’s March: https://t.co/nGQIn2UTCl
— Mashable (@mashable) January 20, 2017
By train, plane, and automobile, nasty women are descending on D.C. https://t.co/8MvzJBPFNp pic.twitter.com/e5BUodVxbo
— Slate (@Slate) January 21, 2017
When your plane is 98% full of badass, vibrant women who will be heard…and three dudes :) #WomensMarchOnWashington #womensmarch pic.twitter.com/hJXTzSCXDk
— Jacinta Kuznetsov (@cintakuzy) January 20, 2017
THIS IS WHAT a plane full of women who are ready to resist the Trump agenda LOOKS LIKE pic.twitter.com/jqLPNE9VOh
— ann friedman (@annfriedman) January 20, 2017
Southwest plane carrying Women’s March participants turns pink lights on https://t.co/s0r79UarpZ pic.twitter.com/R32Y28adZl
— HuffPost Lifestyle (@HPLifestyle) January 20, 2017
Train stations are packed—as thousands head to D.C. for #WomensMarch. Here’s a look at a Baltimore station at 7 a.m. https://t.co/Jhbp6dN1Sr pic.twitter.com/4Fz5HQzeFY
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 21, 2017
Baltimore, BWI train stations overflowing with travelers to Women’s March on Washington https://t.co/qO9WcZXyxz #Baltimore #MD #News pic.twitter.com/Qr6GkT9Kab
— Baltimore News (@BaltimoreMDNow) January 21, 2017
At Green Street stop on the Orange line and the train is already full. Headed to Boston Women’s March pic.twitter.com/u59dBXFEbu
— Judith (@jgibsonokunieff) January 21, 2017
Been here over 30 years have never seen a march like this #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/qY5n1mDXge
— Tommy Wells (@TommyWells) January 21, 2017
Today and every day, dissent is patriotic. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/S6X4uQ9onk
— ACLU National (@ACLU) January 21, 2017
THIS is what democracy looks like. #WomensMarch #JoinTheResistance pic.twitter.com/mP4x7sYHfR
— NARAL (@NARAL) January 21, 2017
And then, of course, there are the signs:
my dad is at a trump protest in nyc because he is a true hero, and so is this woman he got a snap of pic.twitter.com/yDuvS7mENc
— Eli Matthewson (@EliMatthewson) January 20, 2017
What would Agent Carter do? #PunchNazis #womensmarch @womensmarch #agentcarter pic.twitter.com/e3hcvG4ko8
— Sweet Nothings (@SweetNothingNYC) January 21, 2017
“Boys will be good humans.” #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/dOxwP6yrlM
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) January 21, 2017
@thedailybeast @womensmarch pic.twitter.com/RJ8YN07Cgy
— Rita Solnet (@ritacolleen) January 21, 2017
Second sign is done and I’m pretty stoked about it! #CarrieFisher #princessleia #womensmarch pic.twitter.com/X8JwBfUjib
— Rebecca Welch (@RebeccaLWelch) January 21, 2017
BEST SIGN #womensmarchlondon pic.twitter.com/S9VxP0J2kK
— Elena Cresci (@elenacresci) January 21, 2017
#WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/MZ9VG1YxcE
— Elizângela Berrones (@eliberrones) January 21, 2017
Photos of the Shady Grove Metro station currently. Hearing it’s an hour wait to get on the train. O____o #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/YOaaQ41v1s
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 21, 2017
“A woman’s place is in the resistance.” – some of the A+ signs at the #womensmarch in Edinburgh this morning. pic.twitter.com/rm7a9sU1rk
— Rossalyn Warren (@RossalynWarren) January 21, 2017
#womensmarch pic.twitter.com/ZZfiuTlVyC
— Sarah Pinsker (@SarahPinsker) January 21, 2017
#WomensMarch it is our duty to fight. pic.twitter.com/7yiZK6qKA9
— Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio) January 21, 2017
The hero we need AND deserve. pic.twitter.com/yp8EGa3CVx
— Caroline Siede (@CarolineSiede) January 21, 2017
– “Remember the 1st amendment”
– “and still we rise”
– “not my president”
– 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/275V40tf0s— Julia Carpenter 🔪 (@juliaccarpenter) January 21, 2017
#MsMarvel, #Hulk, and #Beast are with me today. #StayAngry #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/nhtvssThxC
— Alec Bernal (@SMRTALEC) January 21, 2017
Ever since the election, those of us intent on fighting back have constantly heard that we need to unite as a people, but it’s becoming more and more evident that we are uniting, and it’s not behind Donald Trump and the terrible things he wants to do to our country. Always remember:
NeoNazis enjoy and seek to perpetuate negative peace that is the absence of tension. Will we let them? Will we advocate for that same peace? pic.twitter.com/4kK1We81hs
— Spencer (@Thesixler) January 21, 2017
(featured image via Women’s March)
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