It’s impossible to ignore the role social media played in this weekend’s unprecedented movement, building excitement, creating community, and, in a sense, making it feel “okay” to speak loudly. While the movement that began as an election-night Facebook post lit up the world with marches on all seven continents, Instagram offered a real-time view.
Here, we’re sharing just 20 of the 1.2 million-and-counting worldwide Instagrams tagged #womensmarch.
#womensmarch #whyimarch #MavericksMarching #Womensrightsarehumanrights
@womensmarch
“What a beautiful way to end the #WomensMarch. This is just the beginning. #WMWArt”
Taken in: Washington, D.C.
Followers: 290k
Job: The organizers and co-chairs
@alixbcampbell
“I’m sorry, I literally cannot get over this #antarctica #womensmarch”
Taken in: Antarctica, originally tweeted by Linda Zunas
Followers: 1,061
Job: Executive Photography Director at Cosmopolitan + Seventeen
@carlybeeboo
“Repost from @britishvogue This made my heart melt! Strong women: may we be, love and raise them! #girlpower #womensmarch #equality #sisterhood”
Taken in: London, England by Jordan Curtis Hughes for British Vogue
Followers: 323
@betonytoht
“Snowflakes Are Beautiful, Complex, and Unique. Together We Will Bring a Blizzard of Change! #womensmarch #womensmarchonwashington”
Taken in: Washington, D.C.
Followers: 531
Job: Writer
@culturestrike
“❤👌✊✌ Peace to Jenny Sowry, the mother of #wokebaby, for the inspiring image.”
Taken in: Charlotte, N.C.
Followers: 29.1k
Job: Artist Collective for Immigration Reform
@onyvava
Taken in: unclear origins (not that it matters)
Followers: 570
@talk_bernie_to_me
Taken in: London, England
Followers: 21.1k
Job: Activist
@fremson
“Womens (and all peeps) March. Washington, D.C. Saturday, January 21, 2017. #women #womensmarch #ruthontheroad #nytimesassignment #washington”
Taken in: Washington, D.C.
Followers: 5,558
Job: New York Times Staff Photographer
@bacelona_womens_march
“Don’t be a prick 🌵 #womenpower #equality #whyimarch #womensmarchbcn #womensmarch #wmglobal #womensmarchglobal 📷by @leana_ransom”
Taken in: Plaça Sant Jaume, Barcelona, by photographer Leana Ransom
Followers: 168
@stephfu
“Not into politics, but I believe in progress, so let’s march 🔛 #womensmarch”
Taken in: Los Angeles, CA
Followers: 549
Job: UCLA Alum
@ilyceglink
“One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. Or, womankind. #womensmarch #womensmarchchicago #chicago #bekind”
Taken in: Chicago, IL
Followers: 173
Job: President of Think Glink Media
@forever_sophia
“If you are waiting for a sign, this is it. ✊🏽🏛🌎 #womensmarchberlin #womensmarchonwashington”
Taken in: Berlin, Germany
Followers: 1,200
Job: Blogger
@heysubodh
“#day1 Onwards not backwards.😎 #peoplesvoice #whyimarch”
Taken in: New York, NY
Followers: 1,107
@womensmarchindo
“#whyimarch #womensmarch #womensmarchindo”
Taken in: Indonesia
Followers: 44
@elephantjournal
“‘That’s my dad, and it took an hour the day before the march to convince him to go. The sign was his idea. He just wasn’t sure if he should go and take any of the spotlight away from the women who should be getting the attention. I told him that, for better or for worse, people tend to listen to people who look like him.
This is his email to me after the march: “I was more popular today than any other time in my life, including when I won the Canadian tennis tournament. …I hadn’t protested since the Vietnam War.” #womensmarch 🇺🇸'”
Taken in: Washington, D.C.
Followers: 356k
Job: Wellness-minded Publication
@sofiaverz
Taken in: New York, NY
Followers: 4,281
@lapantin
“This weekend was amazing, but let it be the start of something, not the end of something. This is a marathon, not a sprint.”
Taken in: Washington, D.C.
Followers: 24k
Job: Editorial Director at The Coveteur
@ofmany1
“Pussy hat power #lovewins”
Taken in: Boston, MA
Followers: 297
@baldheadedbadgal
“#womensmarch”
Taken in: Washington, D.C.
Followers: 1,221
@little_miss_weirdo
“R E S P O S I B I L I T Y 🙌 #womensmarch2017”
Taken in: Los Angeles, CA
Followers: 1,176
Job: Photographer
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