#wmnyc

[csosin]

View this post on Instagram

Drum line! #womensmarchnyc #womensmarch #wmnyc #cunyjvote16 (at Midtown Manhattan)

[thebeautyis]

history is happening in Manhattan tomorrow. let’s do this, New York 💪🏼

[xoxobuckybarnes]

Yesterday, I participated in the Women’s March on NYC.  I marched because it's not okay for the President of this country to brag about sexually assaulting women. I marched because it's not okay for the Speaker of the House to refuse petitions from the people of this country demanding the protection of Planned Parenthood. I marched because women's reproductive and health rights are at risk under this new administration. I marched because women still aren't paid equally for the same job as men. I marched because the proposed Secretary of Education is unqualified and is putting the future of US education in danger. I marched because Women's rights are Human rights. I marched because I am a Nasty Woman.

Some other highlights of the March include:

A group of women in their 70s meowing and hissing.

A four-year old boy, sitting on his father’s shoulders, holding a sign that read “I stand with my mom” leading the crowd in a chant of “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Donald Trump has got to go”

A group of girls starting an impromptu dance party with a playlist consisting of “Who Run the World (Girls),” “I Will Survivor,” “Born this Way,” “RESPECT,” among other songs of feminism/empowerment.

Chanting messages such as “Black Lives Matter,” “Can’t build a Wall, Hands are too small,” “We need a leader, not a creepy/racist tweeter,” “Mike Pence sucks,” “My Body, My Choice; Her Body, Her Choice,” and “Show me what Democracy looks like; This is what Democracy looks like”

Leaving the march, walking along a line of signs and everyone chanting, “We’ll Be Back.”

[neilcar]

Womens March NYC / Sony A7r II / Canon 50/1.4 LTM

[startorialist]

I shared these photos on our Twitter & Instagram yesterday, and I’m sharing them here with the full story as an in-under-the-wire Sunday-not-selfie-but-very-self-indulgent.

I wasn’t sure I could go to the march considering the unpredictable schedule and disposition of eight-week-old Star Baby, but I didn’t want to go alone, either. I wasn’t going to make a poster, until I realized the morning of that I had rainbow holographic poster letters and a basement full of cardboard, including some already spray painted (from this project). I was hoping to join up with the Women in Natural Science group from @amnhnyc, but we ended up getting to Grand Central Terminal way after they were scheduled to march. Nevertheless, I decided my signs would represent science - not necessarily the most pressing cause considering the violence and oppression faced by women (especially women of color, LGBTQIA women, and disabled women, for example) for their inherent identity, not just their profession, but still, science is something I can contribute.

“Science is Real” was inspired by They Might Be Giants, and apparently isn’t taken as a given by the people now in charge of our country despite it crucial importance for climate change, vaccinations, energy, education, and more. “Scientists Grab Back” is a nod to #astroSH, or the more visible discussion of harassment in the astronomy research community lead by some of my brave colleagues. Both sides of the sign garnered positive responses, even though I wasn’t as clever as fellow astronomer Dr. Aki Roberge who marched in DC!

And since this is a fashion blog, I’m wearing the Tarantula nebula scarf from @theslowfactory-blog and #ThatOtherShirt aka STEM: Women are all over It shirt, and a North Face galaxy jacket.

Thanks to my husband for taking the photos, Star Baby for sleeping soundly, and you, dear readers for listening to my story, I hope you all have a chance to make your own and share it with the Universe.

–Emily

[scott]

So moved and awed by the turnout at the Women’s March on NYC today. 

[marchek]

[roamingneverland]

Women's March on NYC