#women's march dc 2017

[sugaredge]

lynzway: Womb tang clan ain't nothin to fuck with. @fairouxx @kylieriot @alka_seltzer666

[stumpyjoepete]

Trying to switch litter brands and struggling to get my cat to accept it. Every time I hear him in the other room, I sneak in there to make sure he's not pissing outside his box. Multiple times a day, I put him on top of his box, but he won't go into it (it's a top-entry box).

Finally, I just open the lid on his box. Put him directly in there. Close it on top of him.

It's like a switch flipped. Immediately, he locks in and starts pissing like he's on a mission. The Manchurinating Candidate.

[thalialunacy]

Some un-asked for advice : If you or someone you love attend a protest that is bigger or longer or stronger than estimated, please give them grace when they get home.

What the pictures don't show is dehydration, roller coaster blood glucose, salt & dirt from dried sweat, claustrophobia, blisters, sunburn, and crippling exhaustion.

Participants will not reach home pumped. They will reach you damaged. Voluntarily, and for a good cause, but that doesn't mean they don't need two days of rest and care before they can head out into the next fight.

Change is hard on every. single. level.

❤️

We are coming. Fascists beware.

Join the correct side of history.

Chicago:

[tracychamberlainhigginbotham]

(via Teaching Our Sons to Advocate for Women)

[dessarchive]

JO CAMERON, HOLLYWOODS UPCOMING IT GIRL 𓈒

JO CAMERON… JUST WHO IS SHE?

Jo entered the acting industry at just five years old with her debut in the season 13 premiere of Law & Order. When she saw herself on tv, she knew bringing characters to life was what she wanted to do for the rest of hers. The cast and crew along with viewers were all shocked at how amazing Jo’s acting skills were as she previously had no experience.

Let’s go back to the beginning to get a better sense of who Jo really is. Jo Cameron, born Jolena Merliah Lorelai Odessa Cameron, was born in Woodstock, New York, on March 1, 2006 alongside her twin sister, Julianna. She was named after Josephine March from the story Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and Lois Joanne Lane from the Superman DC comics. Jo grew up in Woodstock, New York on her family’s farm that her mother and father built after they graduated high school. At just five years old, Jo told her parents that she wanted to be an actress which wasn’t shocking to either of them as Jo grew up hosting plays in their living room with her seven siblings almost nightly.

Jo’s acting debut was so excellent that shortly after the premiere she caught the attention of many producers and casting directors. Jo got many offers but none caught her eye until she read the plot for The Florida Project. She took the role of Moonee almost immediately and fell in love with acting even more than she ever thought she could. The Florida Project was released in 2014 and ever since she’s gone on to play numerous roles stretching across many genres and winning many awards along the way.

🎬 JO’S ACTING TIMELINE

Law & Order (2011) The Florida Project (2014)

Girl Meets World (2015) Stuck In The Middle (2016)

Stranger Things (2016-2025) Young Sheldon (2017-2020)

The Baby-Sitters Club (2020) The Black Phone (2022)

Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022)

Scream 5 (2023) Barbie (2023)

Princess Diaries (2023)

Percy Jackson and The Olympians (2023) Mean Girls (2024)

The Princess and The Popstar (2024)

The Edge of Seventeen (2024)

Smallville (2025) Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

Barbie In A Mermaid Tale Live Action (2026)

Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2026)

Corpse Bride Live Action (2027)

Little Women on Broadway (2029) Avatar 4 (2029)

Deadly Class (2030) Fear Street: 1994 (2030)

Fear Street: 1978 (2030) Fear Street: 1666 (2030)

Boo, Bitch (2031) Avatar 5 (2031)

From the time Jo was fourteen she was already featured in “Celebrities Under 20 That You Should Watch Out For” and time has proven that her success isn’t slowing down anytime soon.

Jo will earn many titles throughout her career, the most notable being “Hollywood’s Sweetheart” and “Hollywood’s Biggest Name.” Besides acting, Jo has mentioned multiple times she wants to experience many more things in her career such as becoming a singer-songwriter, a model, producer, director, and creating her own broadway play. At just twenty-four, Jo will become the highest paid actress under twenty-five and also become the youngest EGOT winner.

As of March 2025, Jo quietly resides in both Oceanside, California and Woodstock, New York to keep her grounded and connected to both her family and friends. Fans suspect Jo’s third album is in the works as Jo has just released her newest single, Shower.

Want to read more? Click below!

thomas and jo, are they really just friends?

jo’s discography, a deep-dive!

inside jo cameron’s closet!

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

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Shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration eight years ago, half a million people headed onto the streets of Washington DC to protest the new president. Now, as Mr Trump prepares for his return to office, an attempt to repeat the event and stir up mass resistance to the Republican fell flat. One unimpressed attendee described it as “disappointingly tiny”, while another said turnout was “unfortunate”. For an event that billed itself as the “People’s March”, not a lot of people ended up marching. Protesters lined the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to listen to speakers who branded Mr Trump a “Nazi”, condemned the evils of colonisation, and declared that anti-Semitism had been “weaponised”. The location, which faces onto the Washington Monument and beyond that, the rotunda of the US Capitol where the president-elect will be inaugurated on Monday, was unquestionably busier than usual. But compared to the Women’s March of 2017, which is estimated to have drawn three times more people than the audience for Mr Trump’s first inauguration, it was positively serene. “It’s disappointingly tiny… the energy is very different this time,” a woman handing out a communist newspaper to the dwindling crowds told The Telegraph. As she spoke, one of a succession of speakers who had been charged with geeing up the audience called Mr Trump a “fascist” and announced: “We will not be silent.” She got a limp cheer from those still hanging about by the frozen waters of the reflecting pool. About halfway into the speeches, an abortion rights sign that had been folded in half and thrown into a bin could be seen. Next to it, in a second bin, was a People’s March sign.

Even a Ben & Jerry’s tent – the liberal ice cream company sponsored the event – where treats were being handed out seemed to be struggling to boost numbers.

...

At the start of the demonstration, they were charging $15 for a T-shirt. By the end, you could pick one up for a third of the price. “Get your ‘f— your Trump’ right here,” one man yelled, displaying a board full of badges bearing the slogan. “‘F— your Trump’, five dollars!” In just a matter of hours, Mr Trump will take the oath of office for a second time and will move back into the White House. By that point, his protesters will have moved on, the People’s March will be a dim memory, and the merchants will be selling Trump inauguration T-shirts instead.

This is hilarious. There's some more great stuff in the article so I wholeheartedly suggest you read it. My favorite line is

Mr Lin said the low turnout was “unfortunate” but that it did not mean that “hardly anybody is concerned”, adding: “I think it’s just that they’re going to do their resisting and protesting online, at home.”

They're totally gonna resist in their bedrooms in between Fortnite games, you guys. Everyone's so concerned about Trump that they might post about it on social media. LOLOLOLOL

What a difference four years and the almost complete collapse of left wing governance in the west makes, huh?

[misfitwashere]

ROBERT REICH

MAR 24

Friends,

On Saturday, March 22nd, 800 people filled the Mace Lane Middle School in Cambridge, MD, to capacity for a Town Hall to discuss President Trump’s policies and District 1 Representative Andy Harris’ role in supporting them. 

Harris represents Cambridge, MD. He was invited but refused to attend, leading to the placement of a large milk carton on the stage with ‘MIA” and “Missing” in large letters. 

Throughout the meeting Representative Harris was referred to as “AWOL Andy.”

Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin, Congressman from Maryland’s District 8, replaced the absent Harris. 

Raskin, a former law professor who was elected in 2017, focused his comments on the unconstitutionality of Trump’s actions attempting to dismantle federal agencies and programs. Citing the language of the Constitution verbatim from memory, he took the audience through Articles I through III of the Constitution that specify the powers of Congress, the Executive, and the Courts. He summarized his discussion by noting that the Congress enacts laws and funds programs, whereas it is the Executive’s responsibility to implement them.

Raskin also reiterated the recent warning from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts that, if disagreeing with a court’s decision, the proper course of action is to appeal that decision and not call for a judge’s impeachment. While Roberts did not name the President, it was clearly in response to Trump’s earlier call for the impeachment of US District Judge James Boasberg, who had issued a temporary injunction to halt the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

When citizens in the Town hall rose to ask questions, there was a considerable amount of ridiculing of Representative Harris’ claims that he did not want to attend these kinds of meetings because the Democratic Party was busing in paid, out-of-area protesters to disrupt them. When people attending the event asked questions, most of them identified where they lived in District 1.

Many of these individuals asked what ordinary people could do to halt what they characterized as the President’s unconstitutional actions. Representative Raskin responded that it was important to attend public events such as this meeting as well as look to electing more responsive legislators in the 2026 elections.

Representative Raskin’s presentation and responses to questions were widely applauded during the meeting. He was awarded numerous standing ovations throughout the event, and was asked by some participants whether he would be willing to run to be the District 1 Representative or even President in the future. Raskin jokingly responded he would do anything to further the cause of democracy in America.

The event was sponsored by Cambridge Indivisible. At the conclusion of the meeting, they indicated a March on Washington DC was planned for April 5th on the Washington Monument grounds. The “Hands Off” march is being organized by the national Indivisible organization with other organizations (such as The Women’s March) also planning to rally that day.

[femconstellation]

If anyone goes to the people’s march in DC on jan 18th (organized like the women’s march in 2017, yes the pussy hat one), pleaseee let me know! I’d love to either meet some radfems or stick in a larger group during the march!

[contemplatingoutlander]

A Trump judge sends Southwest Airlines to right-wing reeducation camp

Ruth Marcus does an excellent job of pointing out how another Trump appointed judge (from Texas) is stomping on the Constitution when it comes to the separation of church and state. The judge in this case doesn't seem to understand the difference between people being allowed to hold religious beliefs and religious people harassing others who don't share their religious beliefs. The article is well worth reading. Here are some excerpts:

Another day, another extremist ruling by another extremist Trump judge, and this decision — from Texas, no surprise — is straight out of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The judge held lawyers for Southwest Airlines in contempt of court for their actions in a religious-discrimination case brought by a former flight attendant and ordered them to undergo “religious liberty training.” And not just any instruction, but training conducted by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative group that litigates against same-sex marriage, transgender rights and abortion rights. [emphasis added] The issue arises from a lawsuit filed by Charlene Carter, a flight attendant for more than 20 years and a longtime antagonist of the Southwest flight attendants union. In 2017, after union members attended the Women’s March under a “Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants” banner, Carter sent Facebook messages to the union president containing graphic antiabortion messages.

[See more under the cut.]

“This is what you supported during your Paid Leave with others at the Women’s MARCH in DC …. You truly are Despicable in so many ways,” Carter wrote in one message accompanying a video of an aborted fetus. After the union president complained, Southwest fired Carter, saying her conduct “crossed the boundaries of acceptable behavior,” was “inappropriate, harassing, and offensive,” and “did not adhere to Southwest policies and guidelines.” An arbitrator found that Southwest had just cause for the firing. Carter, represented by the National Right to Work Committee, sued, claiming Southwest and the union violated her rights under federal labor laws and Title VII. The federal job-bias law bars employers from discriminating on the basis of religion, and Carter claimed she was dismissed because of her sincerely held religious beliefs against abortion. [...] The scary part is what came next. [U.S. District Judge Brantley] Starr instructed the airline to “inform Southwest Flight Attendants that, under Title VII, [Southwest] may not discriminate against Southwest flight attendants for their religious practices and beliefs.” Instead, Southwest said in a message to staff that the court “ordered us to inform you that Southwest does not discriminate against our Employees for their religious practices and beliefs.” This sent Starr into orbit.... “In the universe we live in — the one where words mean something — Southwest’s notice didn’t come close to complying with the Court’s order,” Starr said. “To make matters worse,” he said, Southwest had circulated a memo about the decision to its employees repeating its view that Carter’s conduct was unacceptable and emphasizing the need for civility. “Southwest’s speech and actions toward employees demonstrate a chronic failure to understand the role of federal protections for religious freedom,” Starr decreed. He proceeded to order three Southwest lawyers to undergo eight hours of religious-liberty training — a move he described as “the least restrictive means of achieving compliance with the Court’s order.” Luckily, Starr observed, “there are esteemed nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to preserving free speech and religious freedom.” [...] Adjectives fail me here. This is not even close to normal.... the notion of subjecting lawyers to a reeducation campaign by the likes of the ADF is tantamount to creating a government-endorsed thought police. Imagine the uproar — and I’m not suggesting these groups are in any way comparable — if a liberal-leaning federal judge ordered instruction on women’s rights (those are constitutionally protected, too) by Planned Parenthood. [...] This is the alarming legacy that former president Donald Trump has left us — a skewed bench that he would augment if reelected. The Trump judges seem to be competing among themselves for who can engage in the greatest overreach. [...] Conservatives are quick to balk at anything resembling the order that Starr issued when they disagree with the underlying principle. [...] I need no excuses for calling this what it is: a reeducation program — outrageous, unconstitutional and an abuse of judicial authority. [emphasis added]

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Joanna Walters and Edward Helmore at The Guardian:

Eight years since its gargantuan first protests as a reaction to the incoming president being serially accused of sexual misconduct and misogyny and campaigning on restricting reproductive rights, the Women’s March on Saturday reprised in the nation’s capital before the return of that man to the White House – with, as in 2017, spin-off rallies taking place in various other US cities. Rebranded and reorganized, the protest was given a new name by organizers, the People’s March, as a means to broaden support, especially during a difficult and introspective time for progressive organizing after Donald Trump’s decisive win in November. Once again, Trump beat a Democratic nominee who, if she had won, would have been the first female president of the United States. The Republican takes the oath of office on Monday to become the 47th president, having beaten Kamala Harris in 2024 more solidly even than he did Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Since the last time Trump was in the Oval Office, he has been found liable in civil court for sexual abuse, as well as convicted in criminal court of a form of election fraud for paying off adult film star Stormy Daniels and disguising the transaction. And the US supreme court justices he chose tipped the balance of America’s highest court to the right and helped overturn Roe v Wade, the ruling that allowed the national right to seek an abortion and that had stood for almost 50 years. Women outraged over Trump’s 2016 presidential win flocked to Washington DC in 2017 two days before his inauguration and organized large rallies in cities throughout the country, building the base of a grassroots movement that became known as the Women’s March. It marked one of the largest single-day demonstrations in US history. At the time, Evvie Harmon, global coordinator of the marches, said initial and unofficial estimates put the crowd in Washington at more than 1 million and the attendance at events worldwide in excess of 3 million. This year in the capital, organisers said they expected 50,000 marchers but DC police estimated 25,000 – which included pro-science and pro-climate-action protests – amid the realization that a majority of votes for Trump can no longer be seen as an aberration or experiment.

This past Saturday, the Women’s March lived on in a downscaled fashion called the People's March.

[notjustpictures]

Shot by Nafisah Muhtar

The 2017 Women’s March at the Monument in Washington DC, known to be the largest single-day protest in Modern U.S. history. The march ensued Trump’s inauguration against Hilary Clinton, and it was prompted by his several remarks suggesting that you can get away with gender-based attacks as long as you have power. I was 15 years old, and a friend’s mom took us to the protest and ensured our safety. I will never forget.

[grison-in-space]

I'm slowly beginning to realize that it was maybe not as ordinary as I thought to have this experience, but I know I was not remotely the only kid knocking around in those spaces, and most of the ones I was in had pretty gigantic overlaps with one another.

It's a mind fuck to find yourself involved in not one but two online communities trading speculative theories and making stupid jokes online about emojis as a teenager, making your own comments and forming your own ideas... and then find those ideas showing up in more and more prestigious and formal places. Wait. Shit. 3 — I've been in nonbinary communities since at latest 2009. That's not quite teenagery but I was definitely reading along in autism liberation circles as well as asexual or queer spaces by probably about 2004. It's such a weird place to watch people successfully pull off almost silent social revolutions.

Uh, and then I got gay immigration married in the year between Windsor and Obergefell, and then there's the two years of climate change-driven housing and the time at the 2017 DC women's march where on the night before the Trump inauguration my grandparents abandoned me and my spouse on the side of the road after picking a truly apocalyptic fight, which was both absurdly dramatic and absurdly reflective of what felt like the zeitgeist.

Do—this is objectively a list of unusual experience that yields a particular set of insights, right? That's not just me imagining things to feel special or something?

Is—is that self esteem?

[lenayener]

LENA YENER —

cis female & she/her

32

august 8, 1991

artist / owner of the broken spine

south addition

biography

lightening round —

born and raised in washington dc. parents emigrated from turkey. father was a diplomat and mother still works as a translator/interpreter 

had a very strict and conservative upbringing. suffered abuse at the hands of a family member and was kept in silence about it

went to nyc for university and her first art project. the first exlorations into her art and ideas began with photography at music festivals, art directing for advertisements and magazines, and music videos

met her first partner and began a relationship with them during this time, even asked them to move back to washington dc with her when her time in nyc came to an end

the relationship always felt as though it were missing something and as though lena kept coming up short. when a new project came up and lena was to relocate for her work (to anchorage) she asked her partner to come with her and proposed. the no on both counts was devastating but she poured her pain into her work. plus it went along with the theme of her life

the move to anchorage was only meant to be temporary but lena ended up in a rebound relationship that fulfilled a void and she ended up staying even after her project was complete. making a home in anchorage and traveling when necessary

upon settling into anchorage, lena opened a book bar called the broken spine and has too much fun running it

as with anything else in her life relating to love, the rebound relationship eventually came to an end. leaving lena to stop making her work about heartbreak and push for something greater

a few of her projects/series have brought her international attention and acclaim. the first being, ‘i could not protect her’, a multimedia work, both her signature cinematic still photography along with a silent film detail her journey though abuse and the unchecked actions by the abuser. the next being her series titled “3ieb!” in arabic / “shame on me!” in english. a series that equally caused an uproar and gave voice to hundreds of thousands of middle eastern women all over the world

recently lena has been dipping her toe into video work once again, beginning to shift away from her decade long photography medium by publishing a book of a compilation of all her work. a little different from the music videos she’d produced in the past and her recent foray into short film, lena is interested in moving forward in long-form video work

the positive shift in her love life, experiencing real love for the first time without the usual toxicity she’d fallen into in the past and finally experiencing healthy love has also made a big difference

+ art series —

sex and takeout

summer without a pool

for arabella

this is not for you

i love you, me neither

i could not protect her

bonjour bitch

3ieb!

fool me twice

dear love

( + 10 more )

+ film —

not ok

think about you

what’s love got to do with it

i _ _ _ _ you

+ exhibitions —

2018

women’s choice awards - conversations, panelist, los angeles, nov 2018

artnews x miami art basel week panelist - “how art is used as a platform to influence current issues” - miami, dec 2018

vogue italia - photo vogue festival - base milano - nov 15- 18

the museum of pizza new york

the canon creator class toronto - solo show and talk - sept 27

solo exhibition - splash - milan - larusmiani, level 2 - june 27 - july 20

solo exhibition - splash - london lawrence alkin gallery - june 8- 22

solo exhibition - fuck me, fuck you - new york - castle fitzjohns gallery - march 10- april 8

international women’s day dinner hosted by sarah bahbah and the edition hotel - march 9

nyfw valentine's day party - indulgence of the alter ego - public arts

solo exhibition - fuck me, fuck you- hvw8 gallery, west hollywood. jan 13- jan 21.

la art show - jan 11-14

2017

first solo exhibition - the w miami dec 7-10

the lobby of nautilus, a sixty hotel, miami until december 31, 2017.

scope miami beach, 5-10 december 2017

sofa chicago

start saatchi gallery, london

la art show 2017, los angeles

scope art fair, new york

art market, san francisco

art! vancouver

scope basel, switzerland

art market, hamptons

2016

zonamaco, mexico

scope art fair, switzerland

enough space, melbourne

affordable art fair, new york

art south hampton, new york

art new york, new york

pop up at the refinery hotel, new york

art wynwood miami, florida

cushnie et ochs pop up store, retail lab, new york

scope art fair, miami beach

2015

affordable art fair, new york

art 15, london

texas contemporary, houston, texas

art wynwood miami, florida

contemporary istanbul, turkey

scope art fair, miami beach

art toronto, canada

+ press —

featured in publications such as: vogue, paper, nylon, new york times, new york post, forbes, gq, glamour, elle, cosmopolitan, buzzfeed, plus more...

[thalialunacy]

Finally put my pride flag up this weekend. I bought it originally for the January 2017 Women's March in DC, which was one of the top five absolute fuck-all obliteratingly intense experiences of my life, and I like to think she carries some of that energy still.

[tracychamberlainhigginbotham]

(via Wednesday Wisdom: Women's March 2.0)

[qubixo1]

Thousands of people rally against Trump in Washington before the inauguration

Watch: People’s March brings thousands to the streets of Washington DC Thousands of women took to the streets of Washington DC on Saturday to protest President-elect Donald Trump two days before his inauguration. The People’s March – formerly known as the Women’s March – has been held every year since 2017. The coalition organized the group with the aim of combating “Trumpism”, according to its…