Yesterday’s “Women’s March on Washington” turned out to be a march on the world.
Yes, there were several hundred thousand women in D.C. for the main event, but there were some 600+ other protest marches all across the United States and many others around the globe…from Rome to Nairobi to Sydney, and even to Antarctica.
A whole lot of people–and not just women–are pissed. And they have all pulled out their magic markers, knitted their “pussy hats”, and strapped on their marching shoes to express their fierce sentiments.
The March in Tucson was expected to attract a couple of thousand protesters, but the number likely came in quite a bit higher at 8,000 to 15,000 depending on who you believe.
Here are a few images from yesterday’s event in downtown Tucson (using the Sony RX100iv in VERY unforgiving and contrasty light)…
The crowd gathers under threatening skies:
Women’s March, #16. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
A young patriot at her first protest:
Women’s March, #2. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
Pink was the color o’ the day:
Women’s March, #3. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
And the pink “pussy hats” were for all ages. Imagine this Mom having to explain all this to her kids:
Women’s March, #7. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
Here is a pretty original costume that certainly attracted attention to his issue:
Women’s March, #6. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
The dog’s name is “Miranda”, rescued from Afghanistan. I should have talked a bit more with this woman to get the rest o’ the story:
Women’s March, #8. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
A few rain showers rolled through on the blustery west breeze, but it didn’t seem to dampen the enthusiasm of anyone at the rally:
Women’s March, #9. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
Another young supporter of women’s (and human) rights:
Women’s March, #15. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
I loved the Princess Leia reference:
Women’s March, #17. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
All kinds of themes, topics, and issues were addressed by the protesters:
Women’s March, #20. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
The Dr. Suess poem (right) was a most excellent original idea:
Women’s March, #21. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
Recording history:
Women’s March, #18. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
The Tohono O’odham Nation was well-represented, with the border wall being one of their central concerns:
Women’s March, #22. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
A “Nasty Woman”, her partner, and their two patriotic canine companions:
Women’s March, #23. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
“I am Woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore…” (Helen Reddy):
Women’s March, #26. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
Outraged and two of them already wearing their pink “pussy hats”:
Women’s March, #30. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
Our future:
Women’s March, #31. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
These ladies were assigned the job of being at the tail end of the march–last in a line of thousands:
Women’s March, #33. Tucson, Arizona, 2017
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