WomensMarch

[ambree40]

Today, there were Women's Marches all over the world. I couldn't make it to the one nearest to us, in Amsterdam. But I wanted to participate, at least in spirit. So, here are pictures of the event from all over the world in countries outside the USA. It's so encouraging to see the huge crowds that marched for a world of hope, decency and solidarity

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[jan_u_wine]

what a stunning gallery of not only women, but of men as well. Or....to put it differently....what a stunning display of human spirit.

I've done a lot of thinking the last couple days, now that the ....unspeakable has become reality. And...I think, in a positive vein, that the unspeakable has served for a great many a wake up call ....a sign that we need to care deeply and not just sit on our complacent behinds .......

I still pray for miracles....but i think it is far more likely that words need to be combined with consistent action.

Let us soldier decently, peacefully on, fellow beings!

[shirebound]

Beautifully said.

[jan_u_wine]

thank you!

[jan_u_wine]

and then i read things like this and am almost inclined to seek out the LoT (lump of trump) and shake his hand. From the Lithub:

“What I call for is a literature that craves the conflict and owns the destruction, a split-mind literature that features fear and handles shock, that keeps self-evident ‘reality’ safely within the quotation marks.” Aleksandar Hemon on writing in the age of Trump. | The Village Voice

(oddly, speaking of 'split-mind', i was reading an article on Steven Tyler this morning. One of the things he says motivates him, but in a positive way, is fear. He flys in (instead of fleeing from) the face of fear. Whatever he is afraid of, that is what he attempts. A good thing to think on, in these days when we will be called on to be bravely fearful (and the most positively, rawly *naked* of our lives). We will climb the mountain of our own lives, our own humanity. We will strive and learn and perhaps even die. Can we do these things? Yes. We. Can. )

[addie71]

It's amazing and exciting to see all these marches from around the world. Thanks for sharing these. :)))

[ambree40]

You're welcome, Addie. I couldn't go to a march myself so I wanted to do Something!

[shirebound]

Wow. Thank you for posting these wonderful pics!

[ambree40]

It was my way of marching. :-)

[claudia603]

Thank you for this!! This gave me the chills! So wonderful to see world-wide solidarity! *Hugs*

[ambree40]

It gave me the chills too! :-)

[_celebrian]

Thanks for the pics from around the world.

I only learned yesterday that a local march was planned near me in the past week. I would have gone except that I already had plans at the time of the gathering. My daughters are disappointed that we didn't go and so am I, but even another day or two heads up would have been enough to make it work, but I couldn't make it work when I heard about it last night. :-(

[ambree40]

You're welcome. How disappointing for you and the girls that it didn't work out.

I would have liked to go to Amsterdam but it's a 2,5 hour drive and I didn't feel up to it. So, this post is to make up for staying home. :-)

From what I've now seen on twitter the March has been a huge success throughout the US. I'm SO glad!