Wednesday Journal, January 25, 2017
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Photos by Tom DeCousey and Timothy Inklebarger
Signs of the times
Plenty of folks from Oak Park and River Forest joined the celebration of democratic values — and the protest against antidemocratic values — already famously known as the Chicago Women’s March last Saturday under sunny skies and 60-degree temps. It turned into a festival of creative sign-making and clever soundbites (and therapeutic venting). Not all of the messages are quite fit for publication here, as you can imagine, but we thought we would list some of the choice utterances that captured the spirit of the gathering. They came mostly from the 86 photos taken by Oak Parker Tom DeCoursey, who accompanied his wife, Carolyn downtown. Here’s a sample of the creative sloganeering: ■ Here’s what a feminist looks like ■ Men of Quality don’t fear Equality ■ When they go low, we go … HIGH ■ Keep your tiny hands off my rights ■ Keep your policies off our bodies ■ Stop the war on women ■ A woman’s place is in the Resistance ■ Smash the Patriarchy ■ I’m with Her (arrows pointing in all directions) ■ Dear Tom [Skilling], Is it unseasonably warm or is it just my blood boiling? ■ Viva La Pussy
■ Science is not a Hoax ■ Don’t let the bastards grind
you down ■ You can’t comb over Misogyny ■ Girl Power: My body, My choice ■ Our rights aren’t up for grabs and neither are we ■ Hate does not make America great ■ You’re so vain you probably think this sign is about You ■ Pendejo in Chief, AKA Putin’s Pinata ■ Paws off my Pussy ■ When will there be enough Women on the Court? When there are Nine –RBG [Ruth Bader Ginsburg] ■ He IS my president. That’s the problem ■ Patriotic Real American Feminist ■ We are the Resistance [photo of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia] ■ Trump is a liar, He’s surrounded by gold, His behavior’s erratic, And this B.S. is old [they didn’t abbreviate B.S.] ■ I am a doctor and I still can’t get safe, affordable & effective birth control! #Why I Need Feminism ■ From every corner of the world, WOMANKIND ARISE ■ The Force is strong with US ■ IDK WTF I AM DOING [Cartoon of you know who looking perplexed] ■ Abort Unwanted Presidencies ■ Truth Matters ■ This is what I will NOT “get over”: Bigotry, Misogyny, Intolerance ■ Nasty women grab back
■ Stop being a Misogynistic D!CK ■ Tell the Predator-in-Chief: Hands off women’s reproductive rights! [The Statue of Liberty says to a groping Donald: Don’t even think about it] ■ Who runs the world? Girls! ■ I am: A Democrat, A Republican, Awake [check mark on the latter] ■ I’m not Ovary-Acting ■ We Shall Over-Comb ■ No, You accept reality ■ Make America Think Again ■ Fight the Kremlin’s Orange Gremlin ■ Can’t deny the truth ■ No one is free when others are oppressed ■ Loser! Clinton 48%, Trump 46%, Sad! ■ Americans Against Racist, Misogynist Bullies ■ I voted for President and all I got was this Stupid Internet Troll ■ I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. –Audre Lorde ■ Fake News, Fake President ■ OMG GOP WTF? ■ This nation was founded on one principle above all else: That we stand up for what we believe no matter the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree next to the river of truth and tell the world: No, YOU move. –Captain America ■ I (heart) Jesus. I (heart) my Muslim friends ■ Public Schools Make America Great Again ■ You haven’t seen NASTY yet!
■ The history of the past is but one long struggle UPWARD to equality. –Elizabeth Cady
Stanton ■ Don’t Tread on Me [with a snake in the shape of an ovary]
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