How Trump May Have Accidentally Created A New Womens Movement

[herding cats]

WASHINGTON — When Marin Alsop was 9 years old, her father took her to see Leonard Bernstein direct the New York Philharmonic. The next day, she got a bracing response when she told her violin teacher she wanted to be a conductor. She couldn't. She was a girl.

Today, Alsop is music director and conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Yet despite her own ability to break through that glass ceiling, the 2016 election showed her that one crucial one remains in place.

"We thought we had achieved things, but they weren't sustained," she said.

"Some young women probably didn't realize how stacked the deck is against women in our world," Alsop pointed out. "This is how it's been historically. We think, 'Oh, here's a breakthrough,' and then the door slams shut even harder."

Not only did the first female presidential nominee of a major political party lose after her victory was taken for granted, but she lost to a man caught on tape boasting about groping women. Now the sadness, alarm and ensuing determination that many young American women felt after the door-slam of the 2016 election have become catalysts for a resurging women's movement.

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"A lot of people woke up to the day after the election ... feeling very scared," said Emma Collum, 32, one of the Florida organizers for the Women's March on Washington. "You woke up not knowing if your neighbor had voted for an administration that was basically going to take away your rights."

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"The best way I can sum up the feeling ... is that we saw the earthquake up in the ocean and we know the tsunami is coming," O'Neill said of her conversations with activists and the leaders of organizations that partner with NOW.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/trump-created-new-womens-movement/

[mopinko]

1. meh. dont give him so much credit.

he had a metric fuck ton of help.

[SunSeeker]

2. Trump's election woke a lot of people up. nt

[angrychair]

3. I wish that were true

Sadly it's not. News media is already switching gears from criticism and scandals to mainstreaming trump and Putin, I've heard dozens of news program leads about "coming together" and "reconciliation" and "moving forward " and Democrats in Congress talking about working with trump and so in.

Our country elected a racist, pedophile rapist 70 yr old twitter bully to be our president. I will never see him as president nor will I cooperate or reconcile with a criminal. Nor will I respect or agree with anyone, Democrat, republican or independent that works to achieve trump's or the republican's agenda.

[Cha]

4. Thank you for this, herding cats! Very encouraging and inspiring!

The backstory of Marin Alsop very interesting, too..

"The Women's March on Washington is bringing some women together around America, where they meet in state and local chapters to prepare for the march and to share experiences. In Key West, Fla., women are participating together in late-night yoga. In Orlando, they meet at a Fuddruckers restaurant. Women in Washington state are knitting special hats for the march. Women in Texas gather in living rooms to create signs."

I just hope the m$m reports on the Women's Marches accurately.. not like they tried to cover up the Protests against bush2.

[herding cats]

5. We all need some inspiration right now.

I, also, hope the media covers the march as it deserves. With Trump treating the press the way he has been, it's a crapshoot as to if they'll submit to his wishes or do their jobs.

[Cha]

7. Yes, we all do inspiration NOW!

Here's the Social Media Getting the job done if m$m won'ts.

We didn't have that in 2003..

[Blue Owl]

6. Remember he won by -3,000,000

n/t