05/10/2020
This poster came from the organization , the organization that spearheaded the original women’s march after trump was elected and they continue to work hard to fight for women, of all colors and all backgrounds. This poster resonated on a few levels- the most powerful and obvious of which is the fact that women are the source of all human life. But what is less obvious and doesn’t get rewarded (or even seen) is the continued and unending care, love, commitment, worry, toil, fear, teaching, helping, guiding, sacrificing, feeding, remembering, building and creating that women to fill in all the gaps in society. With their own children indeed, but also with others- male partners, parents, siblings, neighbors, the ill, the aging, the mentally ill, the lonely, the forgotten, the poor. Who does this work? Predominantly women. Often women of color. Who reaps the benefits and who gets rewarded? White (heterosexual) men. Women are not only creating a new generation of humans who might save us from our own demise, but we are making the world go round- making it a good place to be. Every fu***ng day. We need women to rule now. It’s our turn. It’s time. Oh, and happy Mother’s Day you bad asses!
