Unlike in 2016 and 2020, the radical Women’s March now sees how it has worked itself into a lonely corner by using imagery such as enslavement of women in its march paraphernalia.
The People’s March in Anchorage on Saturday at 1 p.m. is advising its marchers to follow the guidelines developed by the Women’s March for this year. The group recommends the following for protesters: Don’t go overboard because you’re alienating normal people who don’t want to associate with you:
“Please join us for a People’s Rally in Anchorage town square with speakers and music followed by a day of action with our event collaborators at Williwaw. We will hear from organizations about the work they are doing within our community and opportunities for participants to sign up to help work with organizations to better represent and support our community. Now more than ever we need community and to take action and that means we need YOU!
“We welcome you to bring signs and friends as we join together in unity and resistance.
“Below you’ll find sign guidelines provided by Women’s March.
“We ask you to please note these guidelines when making your signs for the Rally:
“We ask you to please err on the side of unity and avoid symbols and language that alienate parts of our community.
- “No coathangers – we do not want to accidentally re-enforce the Right Wing talking points that self-managed abortions are dangerous, scary and harmful.
- “No Handmaid’s Tale – The use of Handmaid’s Tale imagery to characterize the controlling of women’s reproduction has proliferated, primarily by white women across the country, since the show has gained popularity. This message continues to create more fragmentation, often around race and class, because it erases the fact that Black women, undocumented women, incarcerated women, poor women, disabled women have always had their reproduction controlled in this country. It’s not some dystopic future or past. This is just a heightened attack. We cannot list actions on our map that use Handmaid’s Tale imagery or language, as it is not aligned with our values. Refusal to respect this guideline will be grounds for removal from this action, and other potential future actions.
- “No female slavery messaging – The current state of reproductive rights is not akin to the United States’ history of slavery. Comparing the current state of reproductive rights to slavery minimizes the immense amount of violence, generational damage, and the scale to which the United States harmed Black and Indigenous people. This messagining is not inclusive and not accurate.
“DO NOT USE: ‘Safe, legal, and rare’ as it is stigmatizing and contends that abortion is not something that should be happening, thus it should be rare and reduced. There will be as many abortions as there need to be. The anti-abortion movement does not get to dictate who has abortions and why.”
Across America, Democrats are revving up to have marches and protests of the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, which takes place on Monday in Washington, D.C.
Last year, Anchorage Assemblywoman Karen Bronga wore a “Handmaid’s Tale” costume as her official attire for an Assembly meeting, play-acting a concubine from a fictional work by Margaret Atwood, in protest of Donald Trump. Read more about that and “What not to wear” at this link:
