WHO is MARCHING this Saturday?

Best signs: www.rawstory.com/2018/01/wake-up-and-smell-the-kremlin-here-are-the-best-and-most-hilarious-signs-from-the-2018-womens-march/

Besides the reasons already listed, voter registration/voter participation is a huge push for this years march. Today in our county seat, we're having a march (most went to DC yesterday) and there will be volunteer booths there to register voters. Considering low voter turnout, it's important to energize people to get to the polls in November!

Updating: It was soul restoring to be among so many who were intent upon spreading a positive message and the speakers were great. There were also more volunteers going around to give our voter registration info. And....there were more people attending this location than last year!

The one drawback is that last year, there were complaints that it was largely priveleged white women. They made an effort to reach out to all groups and bring them into the organizing, speaking and attendance this year. But people are upset they feel that transgendered people weren't included among the speakers. It's a learning curve, that is sure. We must continue to try to do better and be better.

I completely understand how you feel. There is no way I could physically participate, but it didn't even occur to me to do a drive-by. Not sure how well that would have worked I downtown Austin, but it would have been something at least! My MIL walks the 3-day every year, and they love it when people do the drive bus for support. You did what you could, good for you! 

Sorry, ladies. If you marched, you're "ugly". According to right-wing theocrat Sandy Rios.

"“It’s a very ugly thing. It is a very ugly thing when women behave in this way. They become ugly. They don’t become like men with all the privileges. They just become ugly, because they are not—they are acting outside of the realm of God’s parameters. And what God designed is what’s best,” Rios said."

www.rightwingwatch.org/post/sandy-rios-womens-march-attendees-become-ugly-because-they-defy-gods-parameters/

Mark Elliot....

She was of course on Fox & Friends.

“Lara Trump: Women at #WomensMarch "These women out there are so anti-Trump and I don't think they even know why" Twitter, do your thing. LOL”

She just won the title I very rarely use.  What a dumb condescending broad.

edited to add Jon Cooper’s response..

“Is Lara Trump REALLY this vacuous, or was this a calculated comment on her part? I find it hard to believe that she could be so empty-headed. But then again, she did marry @erictrump ...”

Yes! My DH went with me this time. He said because we could grocery shop after and he was just going to 'hang around' in the area. We're driving into town and see friends of ours walking on their way to the march. One of them his good friend and he's all "Hey, why is Herman going?" We get there and see several other of his friends, one even with his own sign, and DH is suddenly engaged. I think he secretly wanted to see what all the action was about but seeing friends really helped reinforce that you don't have to be a woman to be a feminist. And you don't have to be black to believe black lives matter. Or an immigrant, lgbtq, etc to believe & know they matter.

I wish I had gotten a picture .... but one of my favorite marchers was a small, elderly woman walking slowly with a cane. She had a knit hat covered in buttons and my daughter went up to her to give her a button from the march. It was cool to see the young and the old together like that. 

I'm surprised no one has brought up Halsey's speech at the NYC march. Very powerful. She read a poem about her sexual assault experiences and pleaded with folks to listen to other women, whoever they are and be compassionate and speak out for those who can't, regardless of our differences. Her reading was delivered as an amazing, impassioned performance that brought tears to my eyes. It's hard to believe she's only 23. Did you see it?

I can't seem to figure out how to link it here via mobile, but it's worth listening to her perform her "speech".

In Canada our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls himself a feminist. Some have decided that makes him weak and calls him Justine. Shows their true colours and what they think of women.!

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