TOW #16 - What's Next for Women's March Movement

Barcelona, Amsterdam, Paris, Melbourne and even these United States. Hundreds of thousands of people came out on January 21st to protest the new President, Donald Trump and to unify women, people of color, all genders and sexual orientations. While an extremely low 193,000 people came to watch the new president's inauguration, an estimated 1.15 million people attended The Women's March in Washington D.C, according to authors at heavy.com. If these numbers are true, then this will have been the largest inauguration protest to date. But this is not my point. USA TODAY author, Heidi M Przybyla, says, “This is the moment of the beginning of the revival of the women’s movement,” and I agree 100 percent. We live in a country where we are fortunate enough and privileged enough where we are able to exercise our basic rights. Countries like Burma, North Korea, Turkmenistan Libya, Cuba, Syria, Eritrea and Uzbekistan have to abide by strict censorship laws. This is what America stands for. But should we really be protesting things like equal rights for all in the year 2017. The fact that women have to protest this is an abomination and is unfair. How is it the year 2017 and people in the LGBTQ+ community are still fighting for equality? How is it the year 2017 and people of color are still being oppressed constantly? How is it fair? This is why people like Meryl Streep, Madonna, Miley Cyrus and so many more are using their public platform to help gather and get people to rise up. This protest is an open letter to Donald Trump. This protest is a battle cry. Protest like these are the ones that made this country what it is today. This is what exercising your rights look like. This is what America is.