“Even if you’re willing to accept rationalizations for associating with an anti-Semite, the point of organizing is to build political power, and in that respect the leaders of the Women’s March have fallen short. They were put at the helm of a popular mass movement, and under their leadership it has…”— Michelle Goldberg, nytimes.com
“I have legislative policies that I'm interested in—equal pay for equal work, child care, paid leave, college affordability, education, agriculture. But outside of that, I feel it's critical that people be passionate and feel invested in politics. I want to see women run for office at all levels. And…”— Ruben Gallego, npr.org
“What women did with the Women’s March knocked me out. It wasn’t just a day to scream and cry and to go home and forget about. It was a shot over the bow, like, 'We’re here, and there’s a lot of us, and we’re not going away. You’re going to have to contend with us.'”— Cynthia Nixon, glamour.com
“Mainstream feminism only seems to make noise when certain women are impacted. Where were all these women when we lost Sandra Bland?... I want a multicultural feminist movement... There have been calls to "Resist" since Nov 8th. A lot of us have been resisting since we were little girls. We literally…”— Christiana A Mbakwe, twitter.com
“Mainstream feminism, how (unnecesarily) grand its gestures tend to be and its hollow solidarity.”— Christiana A Mbakwe, twitter.com
“There'll be no cohesive women's movement until divisions are acknowledged and those who have perpetuated it take responsibility... when I speak about women of color and marginalized groups being sidelined and erased, I'm referring to a historical pattern. The very foundations of the mainstream weste…”— Christiana A Mbakwe, twitter.com
“I was moved by the Women's Marches around the country (and world). And I was glad to hear that they were all "peaceful" and there were no arrests. You know why there were no arrests? Because PR-wise, it was a march that would be attended by mostly white women. And in a world that doesn't protect wom…”— Luvvie Ajayi, facebook.com
“You were told America is the land of opportunity, but guess what? For far too many women, inside this country and out, the opportunities they can take advantage of are severely limited... No you won't sit here and make women feel bad for coming together by pretending to give a damn about women who e…”— Erika Nicole Kendall, facebook.com
“Women in THIS country are in poverty, partly because they are denied the resources to determine when they have children and how many they have. Women in THIS country are subjected to violence because they are a part of a society that uses a rubric to determine how "worthy" they are of comfort, freed…”— Erika Nicole Kendall, facebook.com
“If you find yourself using the plight of women in foreign countries as a bludgeoning tool against the comparatively hyper-privileged women of America, you should be flat out ashamed and embarrassed... Does domestic violence not happen here?... Does rape not happen in the US or something now?... Usin…”— Erika Nicole Kendall, facebook.com