The media is WAY underplaying the women’s march in DC. there are OVER A MILLION PEOPLE. Not “around half a million.” OVER A MILLION.
It’s amazing. Chanting “Black lives matter” and “my body my choice” and “lgbtq and e; we just want equality.” Over a million people shoulder to shoulder with signs and anger channeled into action. THAT’S what the march was.
I talked to a police officer in DC today who said that there were about 1.6 million people. A guy who’s lived in DC for twenty years said that this was bigger than any Independence Day celebration he’s seen, which usually reach about a million.
Don’t let the news tell you that there are only 500k people (which would be impressive in itself). There are at least twice that.
I was at the Women’s March in DC today and didn’t have cell service all day, so I couldn’t get any news updates while I was marching. I thought it was weird when i got back to my campus and saw news sources reporting “about 250k, maybe pushing 500k” turning out.
This event was beyond monumental. We were lined up, completely packed in the roadways, from the end of the National Mall (the rally itself was staged somewhere around the Smithsonian American Indian Museum, with viewing screens and speakers set up intermittently down the Mall, because that’s about as far as they expected us to go) all the way to the Washington Monument and beyond. About two miles, maybe, of residents, students, and tourists, all turning up with their handmade signs for this event.
The Women’s March planning committee had estimated that there would be 250k to 500k people; that’s where they’re getting these numbers. In fact, the crowd so surpassed this estimate that the march itself had to be delayed as alternate routes and new logistics were worked out, because they literally had no clue where to put all of us. We were only supposed to march on Constitution Ave after the rally, but they ended up having to close new roadways for us to march on just because we couldn’t fit.
TL;DR: The inauguration’s turn-out was small enough Trump could hold it in his tiny hands, meanwhile Women’s March was yuuuuge, and now he’s throwing his first official presidential tantrum. Sad!
The media is WAY underplaying the women’s march in DC. there are OVER A MILLION PEOPLE. Not “around half a million.” OVER A MILLION.
It’s amazing. Chanting “Black lives matter” and “my body my choice” and “lgbtq and e; we just want equality.” Over a million people shoulder to shoulder with signs and anger channeled into action. THAT’S what the march was.
I talked to a police officer in DC today who said that there were about 1.6 million people. A guy who’s lived in DC for twenty years said that this was bigger than any Independence Day celebration he’s seen, which usually reach about a million.
Don’t let the news tell you that there are only 500k people (which would be impressive in itself). There are at least twice that.
if you’re not willing to punch a nazi in the face you shouldn’t be allowed to write captain america
also? when that “cap is a nazi” storyline came out and people who sensibly hate nazis said it was complete bullshit, not just for what it was but for all that it represented, there was a significant number of people saying that it wasn’t that deep, that it was just a ploy to get readers signifying nothing. meanwhile it took all of five minutes for the man to write another comic about how people who are “too obnoxious” about wanting equal rights should apologize to their allies, and now he’s on twitter saying people are being too mean to nazis. like??? jack kirby was ready to personally and with gusto kick the ass of every white supremacist and now this motherfucker is arguing that advocating genocide is nonviolent free speech that should be protected.
So in case you missed it, because this kind of weirdness is easy to miss at its entry point, the WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY stood in the briefing room today and actually tried to insist that the 2017 inauguration was the most attended ever, and that the media were irresponsibly lying about it.
Here’s the problem: whole segments of the population who saw this report broadcasted live, with no critical analysis of it or proof to the contrary, believe it.
This is not gonna be about one day or one march, y’all. Stay calm, stay focused, create small and manageable goals, but stand up for yourselves, for others, and for reality. Every. Day.
This link explains in better detail the strategies being used by the Trump administration and how to best combat against them
Unfollow him. Starve him of attention. Drive down his ratings. When he or his minions appear on TV, change the channel.
Strategy #2: Seek the Truth
Keep close tabs on what Trump does to America and the world, but rely on news source(s) that will rigorously fact-check his every utterance. Follow only credible outlets that are willing to call out a Trump lie when they encounter one. Avoid those that repeat his falsehoods as if they were true, or give his minions a platform for lies and the “Three Ds.”
Strategy #3: Fight Back
Boycott and tweet out the companies sponsoring irresponsible platforms, so they are held accountable for their actions. Take a look at Sleeping Giants. It provides a do-it-yourself approach to influencing companies that advertise on “hate news” sites. Most of the businesses you challenge will be grateful to hear from you because a computer algorithm chooses their ad sites. Literally, these companies don’t know what they’re doing. The strategy works for “fake news,” too.Throughout the campaign, Trump’s strategies produced ratings that were a media bonanza. Not any more. Remember that your time and your clicks translate into money for media outlets.
TL;DR: “For eight years, American colonists fought to win freedom from Great Britain. Every citizen has a duty to preserve and protect it.”
Isn’t this a form of gaslighting?
Yes it is. This is the very definition of gaslighting.
Female staffers adopted a meeting strategy they called “amplification”: When a woman made a key point, other women would repeat it, giving credit to its author. This forced the men in the room to recognize the contribution — and denied them the chance to claim the idea as their own.
“We just started doing it, and made a purpose of doing it. It was an everyday thing,” said one former Obama aide who requested anonymity to speak frankly. Obama noticed, she and others said, and began calling more often on women and junior aides.
If you’re wondering what amplification looks like it really is as simple as listening to a person’s point and then saying “Yes I really agree with (this person’s name) that (the point they made) and I think that (build on point)”
So for example, “Yes I agree with the female staffers that amplification is an effective process and I’ve seen great results from similar techniques used by my own colleagues”
Support, Credit, Reinforce. It’s simple and effective and it really does work.
OK this will just be me making one last note on the March. While I was there I saw a lot of sign a with vaginas and uteruses on them and that was for a reason. Because they were not trying to exclude trans individuals, at least the majority of them were not. Those signs I saw and the people I talked to who held them were specifically using those signs as a means of calling out the Anti-Abortion legislation that could be a law in the future. Yes there were some people who were not pro-trans rights but those few were far outnumbered by those who were simply protesting setting else entirely. And honestly? See all those pro-choice signs was great. And I saw so many supporters of trans-rights that it made my tiny genderfluid heart flutter in excitement. This was the story I saw in DC and it made me so happy.
There were countless Princess Leia posters at the march today, young girls walking around in her iconic buns. I think this is the importance of film. Because if a character stands among protesters at a march of resistance and unity and hope, it means something. Art has power and we need it now more than ever, I just wish Carrie Fisher could see all she’s inspired.
Unfollow me if you wish, but this blog will NEVER support Trump and instead supports the LGBT community, racial minorities, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, Muslims, Jewish people, and anyone else who is afraid now. I am with you, and this will always be a safe space for you.
Executive dysfunction is like all of your abilities are on cooldown and you’re mashing buttons to try to do anything but your brain is just like “i can’t do that yet. that’s still recharging. i can’t do that yet. that spell isn’t ready yet. that’s still recharging.”
its ok to punch nazis guys. full stop its ok. they want you to be dead and they want what freedom you have. you should not respect that, tolerate it or allow it to manifest in your cities. if they dont want to get punched, they shouldnt be nazis. maybe the fact that nazis are frequently the villain of most movies ever made should tip you off about how in the wrong you are about this one
I’m so like…amused and frustrated by people who are just SO indignant about the protests happening today.
Like, listen up ya Cheetos, you spend all day monday singing praises about how great MLK was.
You don’t get to pitch a fit on Friday when people do the same shit he did.
Oh but they are blocking roads! They are shouting and making people feel uncomfortable and it is inconvenient! Yes, you french fry. What do you think MLK did?
I get why some people seem to get the impression that the central ethos of Dr Who is ‘don’t fight hate with hate’ or some shit like that but if you’ve actually been paying attention over the past 53 years it’s really something more like ‘if resisting oppression peacefully through negotiation doesn’t work then feel free to blow the fuckers up’
you know what’s fucking great about the Women’s March, tho
they filled the stands
like. the inauguration the day before didn’t even manage that much. barely anybody came at all to that one, but the day of the Women’s March? a whole fucking world came just to say, “WE WANT BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND ALSO DEMOCRACY YOU TURDBRAIN”
Got up at fuck-all o'clock this morning to go into Washington DC for the Women’s March on Washington with @twistedangelsays . I’ll keep you posted on how it turns out.
Wish us luck, babes, and do not go gentle.
GODDAMN, everybody.
Conservative estimates for the DC March are at half a million people, and I was one of them, and godDAMN it was fucking amazing. There were people watching the rally from the trees, from monuments, from the tops of police barriers (myself and my bestie among them), DC was literally a fucking jungle gym for 500K diverse, outspoken, passionate people. It was a joy to see everyone turn out in solidarity, and I’ve never been part of such a massive, kind, good natured group of people. Shout-out to the two lesbians who made sure I didn’t fall off my perch when someone bumped me and to the guy who let me use the top of his head as a prop to get down when the march started.
Watching the protesters lay their signs at the doors of the Trump hotel as they marched home was a fucking joy.
And finally, the most popular (and personal favorite) chant: “We will not go away, welcome to your first day!”
I just watched fucking history happen and it was the most empowering thing I’ve seen in…a long time.
Got up at fuck-all o'clock this morning to go into Washington DC for the Women’s March on Washington with @twistedangelsays . I’ll keep you posted on how it turns out.
For everyone out there, i think the #1 thing that made me realise I had add/adhd is finding out that hyperfocusis one of the hallmark symptoms of adhd
I never considered I could ever have it until I discovered this. ‘Adhd is supposed to be about being unable to focus. I can’t have it if I can sit down and draw or read or play video games for 8 hours straight to the point of forgetting to feed myself, that’s like, the complete opposite of adhd. That’s just normal behaviour, right?’
JOKES ON YOU BRAIN THAT IS EXACTLY ADHD
GUYS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
I WASN’T DIAGNOSED UNTIL I WAS SEVENTEEN
SEVEN FUCKING TEEN
AND WHEN THE PSYCHOLOGIST TOLD US ABOUT HYPERFOCUS
The emotional math, gus! The figures! Like, Micheletto could very easily fall platonically into a terrifying devotion to Lucrezia that eventually turns sexual, but it would be very hard for him to get swept up in that while also falling into a terrifying tenderness with [redacted so I don’t spoil @marmolita or @words-writ-in-starlight or the anons who have told me I have conned them into starting the show] while ALSO being in terrifying terrible love with Cesare. And then Lucrezia herself would have to meet Micheletto’s very complex and overwhelming romantic calculus at the exact right moment–and balancing the scales between her guilt over [redacted] and her terrifying terrible love for her brother WITH her new marriage for enough of an emotional breath that she could possibly entertain bringing her brother’s manservant into her incestuous affair would be a feat in and of itself.
(Cesare would obviously be down. Cesare is not the problem.)
and then there’s the TIMING to consider. There are BREAKUPS, and it’s hard to stage a threesome in the middle of a devastating you-killed-so-and-so-and-dammit-I’ve-got-to-leave-you breakup.
I'm so stressed right now because my family is making me go to a celebrate Trump party and I have to act like the perfect straight conservative daughter that I'm not and I dont know how I'm going to live with this and I have zero choice in the matter
Oh, sweetheart. Oh, baby, I wish to God I could give you a hug and promise I could protect you from this whole disaster. But I can’t, and I wish I could tell you something that would magically make it easier to get through this, but I can’t do that either.
So here’s this. You are not wrong in your beliefs. You are not wrong in your identity. Your parents might not know, or they might not agree, or they might even believe they can ‘fix’ you, but you don’t need to be fixed, I promise you. You are not alone, facing this, even if it might feel otherwise.
And that’s the critical part, I think. The power in an administration like Trump’s comes from making people like you, and like me, people who stand in a minority, feel alone. It comes from making us believe that we are facing an unstoppable onrushing tide, with no one to help us or hold us up when we falter, because it is so easy to trample over a single frightened person. And it is so easy, when you’re that single frightened person, to crumple.
But you’re not alone, sweetheart. You’re not. Our greatest strength for the next four years is our unity. We stand together, hand in hand, and we do not abandon one another to the tide, we work together to pile up sandbags against it. So you’ll live through this, sweetheart. I promise. With me, and with hundreds of thousands of others around the world. We won’t let you be swept away.
Take a hand, sweetheart, and do not go gentle into that good night.
The Trump thing is scary because I truly believe that ex-staffer of his who said: “Well, Trump just got into this as a fun publicity stunt. He never expected to get anywhere. Then his ego refused to let him drop out even when it was obvious he probably had to.”
‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo.
‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.’
