Sir Ian McKellen with a placard showing his friend and colleague, Sir Patrick Stewart, in the classic Star Trek: The Next Generation ‘facepalm’ meme.
“Not my own – I found it at the end of the march in Trafalgar Square,” he admitted on Twitter.
I really hope the Women’s Marches, not only in Washington DC, or London, but everywhere they happened across the world, were declarations of intent, rather than end in themselves.
I don’t think anybody is safer from the ravages of Donald Trump (in the States), Brexit (in the UK) or any of the other evils taking place in the world right now, as a result of taking a weekend walk.
The events were tremendous outpourings of feeling – against oppression, “for the protection of our fundamental rights and for the safeguarding of freedoms threatened by recent political events; for the dignity and equality of all peoples, for the safety and health of our planet and for the strength of our vibrant and diverse communities” according to the Women’s March London website.
Those things are no safer today than they were on Friday.
I hope that everybody, who marched with placards held high, was also looking at the people around them, making connections, forming networks, and planning the steps that will need to be taken after the marches ended.
It was great to see so many celebrities taking part as well. I sincerely hope that they, with their much higher public profiles, will continue to support the rest of us. Ultimately, we are no different from them and the changes being inflicted on our way of life will harm them as well as us.
Those placards really were great, though. Let’s have a look at some of them, and some of the celebs who took part.
Carrie Fisher may have passed on but she has also passed into legend. This was just one of the many images based on her character, Princess/General Leia, from Star Wars. Many marchers turned up in costume as her.
Protesters called themselves ‘nasty women’ in reference to Donald Trump’s attack on Hillary Clinton:
— Laura Whitmore (@thewhitmore) January 21, 2017
‘Supernatural’ star Misha Collins with some ‘nasty women’.
https://twitter.com/vergilophile/status/822927031834963969
Here's to all those women who marched . And here's to all the ones who couldn't.
Never saw better placards anywhere ! @womensmarch— Sam Neill (@TwoPaddocks) January 21, 2017
The march attracted many more people than the inauguration of Mr Trump, who has already been dubbed the least popular modern president:
Wow. Donald Trump should have scheduled his inauguration for today. There seem to be a lot more people in town pic.twitter.com/maWafH3Pde
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) January 21, 2017
over 100k in London – they expected 30k pic.twitter.com/CuvcQN6sPa
— Caz Spencer (@cjspencer7) January 21, 2017
ITV’s Queen Victoria – Jenna Coleman – marched in London. I’ve included the inset image of her as she took the main photo and therefore isn’t in it.
Likewise [Image blurred deliberately].
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