#womxnsmarchseattle

[glassceilingbreakers]

[kinksharne]

some of my favorite signs from the Womxn’s March on Seattle!

[a-bench]

At the womxn's march in Seattle. 130,000 people strong. I love this city

[thedailyseattleite]

1/21: I’m with Her.

[seattlish]

Hey, Womxn’s Marchers: Here are a bunch of other rallies and marches to show up for!

Hello, fellow white ladies. It was amazing to see you all at the march last week. You showed up in huge numbers and you were so passionate and it was awesome.

But! We need to see numbers like that at all kinds of events.

There’s been a lot of high-fiving about how there were no arrests and the march was so peaceful. Unfortunately, it’s not because the marchers were much more civil or polite or well-behaved than, say, the folks at a Black Lives Matter march.

Instead, the peaceful nature of the march is in large part to the fact that events featuring signs like “basic bitches for basic rights” are considered less risky by the police and thus, they tend to stand down. It was hard not to notice that on Friday night, at a march lead by Socialist Alternative, police were in full, militarized hard gear. At the University of Washington that night, they used their sticks and bikes to back crowds away.

On Saturday, the police were in plainclothes and regular bike gear. They let people flow freely and didn’t seem concerned with crowd control.

They also, of course, tweeted their support and were generally much warmer and friendlier.

It’s unfortunate that so much of that calculus by the police comes down to the appearance of the crowd, but it does. So it’s our job to not just show up in our pink hats when it’s cute, but when it’s sometimes a little scary and when the police aren’t being cheered for.

With that in mind, here are a bunch of upcoming events and marches that we need to turn out numbers for. 

Wednesday, Feb 1: Show up in Council chambers to let the City Council know that you support divesting from Wells Fargo in support of Standing Rock. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1226767800692257/

Saturday, March 4: There’s a BLM march you should 10000% attend. But don’t be a dick. This isn’t about you. This isn’t for you. You are there to offer assistance and support. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1753384258314018/

Saturday, April 15: There’s another BLM march, this one is on tax day. See above: Go, be supporting, don’t be a shit. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1821071081482170/

Ok! Those are your literal marching orders. Show up. Be supportive. Your feminism is shit if it’s not intersectional and active but it’s ok to learn and grow. 

Get with it. 

[peopleofprotest]

photos from the Womxn's March in Seattle 1/21/17

[phedre13]

The Whore of Babylon in the Womxn's March 2017, Seattle. Created (and carried!) by The Satanic Temple - Seattle @satanictempleseattle

[abigailjeanswanson]

Seattle Womxn’s March | Seattle, WA

Photographs by Abigail Jean Swanson

[justshenanigoatthings]

My contribution to the Womxn’s March on Seattle

[alecjmarsh]

The day's work. Posters for the womxn's march tomorrow

[glassceilingbreakers]

i’m with her and her and her at the seattle women’s march

[pet-diary]

01.21.17. // Photos from the Womxn’s March in Seattle (sorry I’m behind on posting photos).

[goddamnshinyrock]

all the les mis quotes under consideration were way too long, so I went with short and to the point. I won’t be able to go the march tomorrow because work, but at least I contributed a sign to the cause.

[post-culture]

Women’s March, Seattle, WA 175,000 marchers! 

[lisa-in-the-sky]

Some great signs from the Women's March in Seattle, the crowd at the beginning, and the bald eagles that circled over us for several minutes

[seattlish]

Dispatches from the Womxn’s March: Does the Mayor understand what intersectionalism means?

The women of Seattlish thoroughly enjoyed our time at the Womxn’s March in Seattle (though we have some thoughts about the notable difference in police presence as compared to other rallies and marches that have fewer nice middle-aged white ladies in them, but we’ll write something about that later). 

We were joined, of course, by upwards of 175k people, depending on who you ask. One such person was Mayor Ed Murray, who donned a pussy hat and proclaimed his respect for women and dedication toward women’s issues. 

Unfortunately, a friend of Seattlish reported that Mayor Ed Murray (and his staff) was perhaps not as interested in like, all women’s issues. 

This source, who was standing near Murray, began a chant about encampment sweeps. The Mayor looked visibly displeased. 

“This is about women’s issues,” one of his (female!) staffers informed the people chanting about sweeps. 

But of course, homelessness is a women’s issue. Women who are homeless are at great risk of assault and sexual violence and are often homeless because they’re survivors of domestic violence. 

Additionally, at this exact moment, the City of Seattle is being sued by two women who reported that the sweeps, which the marchers were chanting about, were unconstitutional and illegal. 

So yes, homelessness is, in fact, also a women’s issue. 

But then again, the Mayor hasn’t exactly laid down a solid foundation on “women’s issues,” intersectional or otherwise. There was the time he all but ignored Equal Pay Day, the time he took credit for a woman’s work on equal pay work, and then there was that time when he made a jaw-droppingly sexist joke at a fundraiser. 

Regardless, it was clear from his response on Saturday that the Mayor wasn’t super happy about being confronted with his foot-dragging on homelessness when he was trying so hard to be an ally to women (so long as they live inside).