The New York Times article with the marches from around the world had me weeping. But happy weeping, unlike yesterday. I finally feel hopeful. Because just look at us.
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Jan 21, 2017 11:43:37 am PST #5908 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Jessica - Jan 21, 2017 12:15:05 pm PST #5909 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
my favorite might be the sign that Glamcookie's son is carrying
Also my favorite! My kid got tired of carrying their signs after about 20 minutes, so we gave them to a group of women who didn't have any. They were so happy to have signs!
askye - Jan 21, 2017 12:15:13 pm PST #5910 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
I think Kristin did they are estimated g 500,000 or 750,000 in LA
msbelle - Jan 21, 2017 12:17:42 pm PST #5911 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
the march I went to, in a smaller city (123,000) had maybe 1000 people. Good diversity and good amount of men. There was a 5 person counter protest which seemed to be anti-gay, not necessarily pro-Trump. The counter protest was odd and pathetic.
Home now.
Pix - Jan 21, 2017 12:18:24 pm PST #5912 of 30002
The status is NOT quo.
Yes. LAPD says 500,000, but NBC La is estimating 750,000. And I can believe it! It wasn't so much a march as a shuffle! It was utterly amazing, though. I'm on cloud 9 and filled with fierce determination, pride in my city, and hope.
Sue - Jan 21, 2017 12:31:38 pm PST #5913 of 30002
hip deep in pie
I was very briefly at the women's march in Halifax.(It wasn't so much a march as a rally, since everyone just gathered in our Parade Square.) I arrived late and my friend had already been there for a couple of hours and was freezing, so we didn't stick around for much longer. I heard estimates that there were around 1000 people there.
msbelle - Jan 21, 2017 12:53:03 pm PST #5914 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh, they are actually estimating more like 2000. They had printed 1200 schedules and ran out.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2017 12:56:49 pm PST #5915 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Everything was bananas. In Boston, I didn't actually march, because they had like five times as many people as originally expected and there was no good way to get to the march route. So after an hour we just left. And marched across the bridge! As it was 100% full of people coming from there.
Beverly - Jan 21, 2017 12:57:58 pm PST #5916 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Pop. -100K here, and somewhere upwards of 6,000 showed up to march (some FB posts claim 10K). It's a college town, so lots of students, but a good proportion of older women, and men, and a visible percentage of First Nations folk.
Seattle, of course, will be much larger.
ETA: Could I ask a huge favor, and pay a knitting Buffista for yarn and labor? A Canadian friend is begging for a pink acrylic p*ssy hat, and I don't knit!
Laura - Jan 21, 2017 1:34:07 pm PST #5917 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Seriously people, I am suffering from emotional whiplash! After the despair of yesterday I am giddy today. Full of love for the millions that showed up at marches. 10,000 in Miami and 7,000 in West Palm Beach apparently.
I don't know what it means for tomorrow, or next week, but today is the first time I have felt hope in months.