Thank you for this. A woman isn’t lacking in agency just because she’s making decisions you don’t agree with. I might concede that she’s in over her head, but to cast her as someone so blank that she can’t muster up the power to make her own decisions is a disservice to both her, and other women like her. Just because…

Remember we can’t restrict gun ownership because of the second amendment but we can restrict the right to assemble because the first amendment sucks.

Conservative patriotism as we now know it has become nothing more than blood-and-soil nationalism. There always was a major element of that among American conservatives, primarily in the South, but conservative elites by and large kept it in check; well, no longer.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Good for you! I have always wanted to be involved in politics but I’m on the spectrum - that makes it hard to be “likeable” because I often seem abrupt or curt. Need my more friendly-faced sisters to be the front, I’ll be backing you up all the way.

Good for you! I don’t know if it’s totally crazy, but I’ve been thinking of a woman I know locally who I think would make a great pol anytime I see an article like this, or read about organizations like Emerge that train women who are considering running for office. This was the final straw, I just messaged her to…

Any advice on how to connect with counter-protests that may already be happening? I want to mobilize my friends to help defend the Planned Parenthood on Bleecker St. in NYC and I can’t find any information about an existing organizational effort.

Same. If Trump was “qualified enough” to be president, then I am more than qualified enough for a local position.

I’M RUNNING! And from this point forward in history, no one is ever allowed to say, “but you’re not qualified!” because of Donald Fuckface Trump. If HE can be POTUS, I can very well run for county board or some other higher office. I want to personally take Peter Roskam DOWN.

I don’t see running for office in my own future, but at least all this talk is getting me to consider it. And it’s getting me excited to support women who do run locally (Gretchen Witmer for MI governor in 2018, woot!!)

My husband took the baby ... and they both marched with me. And didn’t even demand cookies at the end of the day. HOW DID HE DO IT?

No they aren’t less than, and as liberals, we self sabotage when we start telling people you aren’t doing enough. It’s not enough for you to protest one issue unless you are out on the streets protesting every issue. You don’t have to explain yourself or justify yourself. You felt impassioned this weekend and that’s…

I’m of two minds on this. On one hand, yes, where was this level of visible outrage around black lives matter and standing rock? On the other hand, does the very nature of being a woman automatically include you in the outrage of ALL disenfranchised peoples? Is one only given “cred” when they express outrage and…

I’ve seen so many commenters (Twitter, etc.) say that women were marching for rights they already have. That it’s stupid because Trump hasn’t taken a single thing away from any woman in this country.

Pretty good showing for unity. It lasted the weekend.

I’ve said it before, but I loved the effort my local march (in lily-white Kansas) made to make sure that the speakers were diverse- in their race, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, abilities, class, age, and point of view. The crowd was respectful and receptive to all the different speakers, and…

“....the centering of white women in the media and amongst themselves. The notion that the need for protest has “just begun” with the election of Donald Trump, too, was deserving of critique, particularly considering A) the Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock movements of the past several years and B) the entire…

I’ve been riding high on the feeling of solidarity all day. Being with so many like-minded people made me feel more hopeful than I have since the election.

I’m amazed by all the pictures coming in from all over the place. Here’s another one one from Memphis. I’m moved by some of the interviews on the local news. Some of the protesters marched on this very same spot in the 60's.

My 74 year-old mom and 65 year-old aunt took the bus, and they texted their excitement on the way home!