Some of the best (trust me, they are tremendous) protest signs from the Women’s March

01.23.2017
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One of the many signs I saw and photographed during the Seattle ‘Women’s March,’ January 21st, 2017.

On Saturday I spent the better part of the day walking the streets of Seattle with a few of my “delicate snowflake” friends and approximately 175,000 other like-minded women, men and children during our Women’s March. The event, which was the largest protest in the history of the city, was by far one of the most powerful and empowering things I have ever personally experienced in my life. And while it’s not an alternate fact that our work is just beginning, judging from the numbers of people who collectively participated in the massive march in Washington DC, and the local support marches around the globe, there is still room for hope.

Many of the images of the signs in this post, were taken by yours truly and by friends of mine, old and new, who I walked with in Seattle. Others were culled from the Facebook page Pantsuit Nation and I’ve done the best I can to attach locations to each photo. While I have plenty to say on the subject when it comes to why millions of people took to the streets all over the country and the world, I’d much prefer to let the images of the protest signs that marchers carried with them on Saturday do the talking. So to the new administration and our new Commander-in-Grief, get ready because you haven’t seen anything yet. Viva la VULVA!

Seattle Women’s March, January 21st, 2017. Photo taken by a member of my marching group.

Seattle. Photo by Cherrybomb.

A 91-year-old retired doctor protesting in Los Angeles.

New York. Photo via Pantsuit Nation on Facebook.

A cosplayer who goes by the moniker “Banal Borg” taken outside of City Hall in Gainesville, Florida. Photo by Fred Sowder.

Victoria, BC. Photo via Pantsuit Nation on Facebook.

Seattle. Photo by Cherrybomb.

Seattle. Photo by Cherrybomb.

Washington, D.C.

A popular protest slogan seen at the Atlanta march. Photo by Loring Kemp.

Activist Stefany Sanders dressed as Princess Leia at the Atlanta march. The image went viral after it was posted on Twitter by actor Mark Hamill

Seattle. Photo by Seattle-based artist and activist, April Dyer-Morton.

Photo by April Dyer-Morton.

Toronto, Canada.

Seattle. Photo by Cherrybomb.

Seattle. Photo by Chanda Schneider.

Toronto,Canada.

Seattle. Photo by April Dyer-Morton.

Washington, D.C.

The great Steve Buscemi (pictured at the right) next to a fellow marcher in Washington, D.C. The sign is an homage to a quote continuously directed at Buscemi’s character of “Theodore Donald ‘Donny’ Kerabatsos” in the 1998 film, ‘The Big Lebowski.’

Seattle. Photo by Cherrybomb.

Seattle. Photo by a friend of Cherrybomb.

Los Angeles. Photo via Pantsuit Nation on Facebook.

Seattle. Photo by April Dyer-Morton.

Seattle. Photo by Lori Penney.

Another shot by a friend of mine taken along the march route. I love you Seattle, never change.

I couldn’t agree more with this sign.

Washington, D.C. in front of the Trump International Hotel. Photo via Pantsuit Nation on Facebook.