Scenes from the Women’s March on Washington

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The Women’s March on Washington, yesterday: women, men, girls, boys, trans people, old, young, black, white, brown, Asian, gay, straight, sighted, blind, babies in strollers, people in wheelchairs, people with walkers, immigrants, second-generationers, students, Canadians, Muslims, Jews, Rosie the Riveters, Princess Leias, everybody coming from everywhere. My little group—two women, one man—was dressed plainly and practically, various survival items tucked into our pockets and our tiny, march-approved bags. Around 8:30 A.M. at the Metro in Bethesda, streams of people, pink hats everywhere. A man in an Abe Lincoln getup, complete with stovepipe hat, held a sign that said “STANDING TALL WITH WOMEN.” Friends texted and posted photos of their own pink-hatted planefuls, busfuls, carfuls, coming in from north, south, and west. At each Metro stop, big crowds on each platform, too many to fit, and hearty cheering at every influx of people—“Whoo!”

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