Today, there were Women’s Marches all around the globe, and we’ve rounded up some of the best tweets and photos posted to social media.
Today marked the Women’s March, which started out as a Washington, D.C. only event but expanded to include sister marches all around the world. Not only did reports come that the D.C. march could barely make it to the White House because of crowding, people expressed themselves on social media. That included celebrities as well as ordinary people.
Speaking of celebrities, here’s Sir Ian McKellen at the London march:
Janelle Monaé was just one of many to speak at the DC march. During her speech, she said, “Whenever you want to give up, you must always choose freedom over fear.”
"Whenever you want to give up, you must always choose freedom over fear." –@JanelleMonae speaking at the #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/W9n9anmtNw
— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 21, 2017
The DC march proved the biggest. Here’s just one example. Check out all of those pink hats!
We March. #womensmarch #WomensMarchOnWashington pic.twitter.com/Jx1cTC8C8A
— Culturess (@CulturessFS) January 21, 2017
No, seriously, check out those pink hats:
Over half a million in the streets of Washington D.C. #WomensMarch #WomensMarchOnWashington #WomendRights #DumpTrump pic.twitter.com/Se2eZn5fro
— Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) January 21, 2017
However, marches took place all around the world, including in Antarctica.
Women feel so strongly about Donald Trump that there was a #WomensMarch today in...Antarctica (photo from a friend) pic.twitter.com/SZMHqCUDOq
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) January 21, 2017
Here’s a GIF of the Chicago march, which eventually turned into a rally:
The crowd for the Women's March in Chicago pic.twitter.com/66RI65Ektz
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) January 21, 2017
Meanwhile, here’s a collection of some of the marches, including ones in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Minnesota.
Here’s one of the Vancouver march. The caption reads, in part, “Ahead of 15,000+ marchers, 1st Nations Elders & Drummers pass #Trump Tower”.
Ahead of 15,000+ marchers, 1st Nations Elders & Drummers pass #TRUMP tower as part of #wmwYVR #WomensMarch #Vancouver #wmwcanada pic.twitter.com/t9uc5GhQlw
— Joshua Berson (@bersonphoto) January 21, 2017
Actress Arden Cho summed up the point of the marches, and one might recognize “Women’s rights are human rights” as most famously used in Hillary Clinton’s Beijing speech.
In the name of love, equality & inclusivity. Women's rights are human rights! 👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿 #womensmarch #equalrights #womenunited
— Arden Cho (@arden_cho) January 21, 2017
Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois also spoke at the DC march.
"Sen. Tammy Duckworth: “I didn’t give up — literally parts of my body — to have the Constitution trampled on.” https://t.co/oS2ZqDrcKx— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 21, 2017"
But, of course, the signs also made for fun reading, even as they made powerful points. Star Wars seemed to be a common theme, especially nods to Princess Leia in honor of actress Carrie Fisher.
Lot of Star Wars-themed signs at Philly's #womensmarch. pic.twitter.com/A8TbIl8TyU
— Allison Steele (@AESteele) January 21, 2017
“A woman’s place is in the Resistance,” indeed.
The ACLU also tweeted out photos. Here’s one of a young protester:
You're never too young to throw on a sash and dissent. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/rhhLdmDbgz
— ACLU (@ACLU) January 21, 2017
Speaking of sashes, director Ava DuVernay shared a powerful video tracing the history of women’s protests. Check it out below:
The tweet came with the caption “I do not weep at the world. I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife,” which comes from author Zora Neale Hurston.
The ACLU also tweeted this photo out:
Today and every day, dissent is patriotic. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/S6X4uQ9onk
— ACLU (@ACLU) January 21, 2017
Another great sign came from this little girl, who drew Wonder Woman and urged all wonder women to come together.
A little girl proudly lifts up her sign during the #WomensMarchOnWashington! #WomensMarch #WonderWomen pic.twitter.com/iWALyIKjGo
— StarryMag (@StarryMag) January 21, 2017
But not all the kids at protests were girls. That’s important, too. This sign reads “Boys will be boys,” with the second boys crossed out and replaced with “good humans”.
This made me tear up. pic.twitter.com/Qa40NxQ0mA
— Julian McCullough (@julezmac) January 21, 2017
And, finally, here’s some advice from the Women’s March Twitter account about what to do:
What you can do:
— Women's March (@womensmarch) January 21, 2017
1. Call congress daily. 202-225-3121
2. Join advocacy groups.
3. Form personal rapid response team.@MMFlint #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/uqiNHsLlSJ
First, they recommend you call Congress daily. Second, join an advocacy group, if you can. Third, form a “personal rapid response team”.
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