The 2017 Women's March

On 21st January, millions of people in the US and all over the world marched in the Women's March protesting against Donald Trump's administration. The marches were to promote women's rights, immigration reform,  health care reform, environmental issues, and to counter rascism, islamophobia, rape culture, LGBTQ abuse.

                                    LONDON                          Photo by Biman &Piotr

According to some sources, between 3.5 million to 4.2 million people marched in the US. There are the largest protests in the US history. With solidarity marches across the globe, the Women's March is the largest protest march ever.

Harry Styles, who has just arrived in Los Angeles, tweeted:

However, Harry's tweet didn't go down well with all his fans. Some people believe that he should have told millions of his followers to vote against Trump. Poor Harry!

Read more:  http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/23/harry-styles-tweet-about-womensmarch-did-not-go-down-well-with-all-his-fans-6399197/?ito=twitter


At the march in Chicago, a sign with the well-known lyrics of One Direction song was seen.

A new word: "womyn" is becoming popular. It is an alternative spelling for "women" which removes the word "men" from the word itself.  It's actually Scottish in origin, but some feminists see it as a way to establish independence from the male, or patriarchal norm.