7 minutes ago, jazzyjan said:Hooray @anastaza
I love that you marched and your posts talking about it. Great and inspiring to read.
Just now, rebelvvv said:I agree with this and thanks for sharing!
Thanks ladies!!! <3
Every woman who chose to march on Saturday, marched for their own personal reasons, all of which were completely valid.
A few of my photos from Washington DC:
https://medium.com/@dinachka82/about-your-poem-1f26a7585a6f#.2zlqfxcan
A post is making rounds on social media, in response to the Women’s March on Saturday, January 21, 2017. It starts with “I am not a “disgrace to women” because I don’t support the women’s march. I do not feel I am a “second class citizen” because I am a woman….”
This is my response to that post.
You Are Not Equal. I’m Sorry.
Say thank you. Say thank you to the women who gave you a voice. Say thank you to the women who were arrested and imprisoned and beaten and gassed for you to have a voice. Say thank you to the women who refused to back down, to the women who fought tirelessly to give you a voice. Say thank you to the women who put their lives on hold, who –lucky for you — did not have “better things to do” than to march and protest and rally for your voice. So you don’t feel like a “second class citizen.” So you get to feel “equal.”
Thank Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul for your right to vote.
Thank Elizabeth Stanton for your right to work.
Thank Maud Wood Park for your prenatal care and your identity outside of your husband.
Thank Rose Schneiderman for your humane working conditions.
Thank Eleanor Roosevelt and Molly Dewson for your ability to work in politics and affect policy.
Thank Margaret Sanger for your legal birth control.
Thank Carol Downer for your reproductive healthcare rights.
Thank Margaret Fuller for your equal education.
Thank Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Shannon Turner, Gloria Steinem, Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger, Rosa Parks, Angela Davis, Malika Saada Saar, Wagatwe Wanjuki, Ida B. Wells, Malala Yousafzai. Thank your mother, your grandmother, your great-grandmother who did not have half of the rights you have now.
You can make your own choices, speak and be heard, vote, work, control your body, defend yourself, defend your family, because of the women who marched. You did nothing to earn those rights. You were born into those rights. You did nothing, but you reap the benefits of women, strong women, women who fought misogyny and pushed through patriarchy and fought for you. And you sit on your pedestal, a pedestal you are fortunate enough to have, and type. A keyboard warrior. A fighter for complacency. An acceptor of what you were given. A denier of facts. Wrapped up in your delusion of equality.
You are not equal. Even if you feel like you are. You still make less than a man for doing the same work. You make less as a CEO, as an athlete, as an actress, as a doctor. You make less in government, in the tech industry, in healthcare.
You still don’t have full rights over your own body. Men are still debating over your uterus. Over your prenatal care. Over your choices.
You still have to pay taxes for your basic sanitary needs.
You still have to carry mace when walking alone at night. You still have to prove to the court why you were drunk on the night you were raped. You still have to justify your behavior when a man forces himself on you.
You still don’t have paid (or even unpaid) maternity leave. You still have to go back to work while your body is broken. While you silently suffer from postpartum depression.
You still have to fight to breastfeed in public. You still have to prove to other women it’s your right to do so. You still offend others with your breasts.
You are still objectified. You are still catcalled. You are still sexualized. You are still told you’re too skinny or you’re too fat. You’re still told you’re too old or too young. You’re applauded when you “age gracefully.” You’re still told men age “better.” You’re still told to dress like a lady. You are still judged on your outfit instead of what’s in your head. What brand bag you have still matters more than your college degree.
You are still being abused by your husband, by your boyfriend. You’re still being murdered by your partners. Being beaten by your soulmate.
You are still worse off if you are a woman of color, a gay woman, a transgender woman. You are still harassed, belittled, dehumanized.
Your daughters are still told they are beautiful before they are told they are smart. Your daughters are still told to behave even though “boys will be boys.” Your daughters are still told boys pull hair or pinch them because they like them.
You are not equal. Your daughters are not equal. You are still systemically oppressed.
Estonia allows parents to take up to three years of leave, fully paid for the first 435 days. United States has no policy requiring maternity leave.
Singapore’s women feel safe walking alone at night. American women do not.
New Zealand’s women have the smallest gender gap in wages, at 5.6%. United States’ pay gap is 20%.
Iceland has the highest number of women CEOs, at 44%. United States is at 4.0%.
The United States ranks at 45 for women’s equality. Behind Rwanda, Cuba, Philippines, Jamaica.
But I get it. You don’t want to admit it. You don’t want to be a victim. You think feminism is a dirty word. You think it’s not classy to fight for equality. You hate the word pussy. Unless of course you use it to call a man who isn’t up to your standard of manhood. You know the type of man that “allows” “his” woman to do whatever she damn well pleases. I get it. You believe feminists are emotional, irrational, unreasonable. Why aren’t women just satisfied with their lives, right? You get what you get and you don’t get upset, right?
I get it. You want to feel empowered. You don’t want to believe you’re oppressed. Because that would mean you are indeed a “second-class citizen.” You don’t want to feel like one. I get it. But don’t worry. I will walk for you. I will walk for your daughter. And your daughter’s daughter. And maybe you will still believe the world did not change. You will believe you’ve always had the rights you have today. And that’s okay. Because women who actually care and support other women don’t care what you think about them. They care about their future and the future of the women who come after them.
Open your eyes. Open them wide. Because I’m here to tell you, along with millions of other women that you are not equal. Our equality is an illusion. A feel-good sleight of hand. A trick of the mind. I’m sorry to tell you, but you are not equal. And neither are your daughters.
But don’t worry. We will walk for you. We will fight for you. We will stand up for you. And one day you will actually be equal, instead of just feeling like you are.
~ Dina Leygerman, 2017
On 1/21/2017 at 1:54 PM, Mmmmm said:I would like to thank @anastazain participating in the Washington March. Proud of you!
I swear to god I thought that bitch was already long gone. 
6 hours ago, Rachelle of London said:People expect the president to come and solve all their problems that's the biggest issue. There will never be a president that's gonna be perfect. We don't live on a Fantasy Planet. Look at who he replaced and look what's going to replace him.
That night 8 years ago was absolutely amazing, and given Americas history especially within Obamas lifetime it was indeed a remarkable night.
This.
25 minutes ago, Skin said:They are not sure if this is linked to the one in Seaside NJ today. A pipe bomb in a trash can.
My mom called me as she was leaving a seafood festival near by that they hold every year because they were shutting it down and making everyone leave to be safe.
Since it was in Seaside I figured it was just some asshole meth head, but now with this one I don't know what to think.
Oh man. 
So scary!!!
Elizabeth Weise | USATODAY
An explosion rocked New York's Chelsea neighborhood Saturday night.
The explosion came just after 8:30 pm when a dumpster blew up outside a 14-story residence for the blind, the New York Post reported. At least 15 people suffered minor injuries, police told the paper.
Tweets from the area describe "one loud long boom."
The explosion is described as being near 135 West 23rd Street in Manhattan. The New York Police Counter-Terrorism unit has responded to the blast.
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The Associated Press reported that firefighters were at the scene and that the New York Fire Department said the blast was reported shortly before 9 p.m.
Earlier in the day a pipe bomb exploded in Seaside Park, New Jersey near a Marine charity run. The device was placed in a garbage can.
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She won't be missed.
I love pandas.
I do, too!!!
This is great news!!!!!
All of these stories are really heartbreaking. I hope you can get some justice.
They absolutely are.
Ulizos, what happened to your friend is horrifying. Jesus fucking christ.
Fucking cops!!
Thank you <3
Yes, my mother is so scared for my safety and she urges me to relocate for now because she was sure that police would protect me from treaths i was getting. Now I'm somewhere in-between.
Thank you once more, it means EVERYTHING! Thank you all, my friend just said to me that my name is derived from Nike (Greek Goddess Of Victory) so it should mean something
*big hugs*
You are going to get through this!!!
Just reading all this. Holy shit, Nikola. I am so so sorry!! That is horrible.
Please take care of yourself. Do you have any support where you are? Are there friends or family you could reach out to?
So glad everyone is okay.
What a horrible tragedy.
That poncho tho.
OK how do I put this without being taken the piss out of? A blowy thing is whats selling out here, you get them in dentists when they blow in your mouth. You know... he puts it in and it blows...
OK ill get my coat. I give up.
like an air pick?
I cannot STAND the feeling of food between my teeth!!! I have to floss!!!!
So fucking awful.
Good lord. He is just shooting out unhinged shit left and right now at this point. Damn.
Is this because he knows he's fucked and this could be considered a poor act of desperation? Or...
^^^ WTF!!!!
How is this real? It must be so painful. Could you imagine the foreplay
Yeah, I'll pass.
I like this one:
Women’s March on Washington time 21 Jan 2017
in Politics and World Events
Posted
Thank you, Lolo!!
That beautifully articulated blog post I shared on here, they are not my words, but what the author of the piece wrote really resonated with me. I thought some of you would be interested in reading it.
I feel like I'm still recovering from the experience mentally. It was such an incredible thing to be part of, and I should really point out that it was completely peaceful. Not one incident/arrest. Yes, there was some venting (not just from our girl), from quite a few protesters BUT this was to be expected. From what I witnessed, most everyone there was just happy to BE THERE and be in the company of those who shared the same values as well as the same concerns. And yeah, there was quite a few "Fuck Trump" signs/shirts/etc, but it really was about so much more than that. Again, the piece by Dina Leygerman really summed up the intention of the march as a whole, imho.