At the womxn's march in Seattle. 130,000 people strong. I love this city
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The Whore of Babylon in the Womxn's March 2017, Seattle. Created (and carried!) by The Satanic Temple - Seattle @satanictempleseattle
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The day's work. Posters for the womxn's march tomorrow
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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.
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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).
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Also, Seattle was wonderful today. #womxnsmarchseattle
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