The Women's Caucus of Occupy Boston and allies marching through Chinatown.
“Whatever we wear, Wherever we go, Yes means Yes, No means No!” – “Consent in the sheets, Dissent in the streets!” – “We are unstoppable, another world is possible!” These are the words that rang in the streets today as the Women’s Caucus and their allies marched through Boston. The march that began at 12:30pm was joined by local organizations representing women, people of color and other marginalized individuals in a powerful march beginning at Dewey Square.
The march stopped at the center of Fanueil Hall, where several women were given an opportunity to speak out about such issues as poverty, job and employment opportunities, healthcare, housing, reproductive rights, and LGBT rights.
Afterwards, the march resumed, meandering it’s way through the city until finally reaching Dewey Square where it started. From 2pm until 4pm, Spoken Word/Music then began at the GA Stage featuring the likes of poet Idalia, writer-playwright Gemma Cooper-Novack, and musician Lauren DeRose.
5 Responses to “Women March through Boston in Force!”
“Several women were *given* the opportunity to speak out…”? “Given” the opportunity by who, a man presumably?
How about more like “Several women TOOK the opportunity to speak out…”!
Solidarity from Northampton, Boston sisters! <3
Yes means yes and no means no. Holy shit. Is this a march against date rape? Are they at the right protest? Wasn’t this last week? Wasn’t this 3 or 4 decades ago? What does this have to do with corporate/economic justice? So you screwing up traffic for what? Consent is in the sheets…wtf. OB claims this thing as part of their movement? Why? Nonsense! Does your camp not allow women to vote like the rest of our capitalist country? Yup my patience is wearing thin because of junk just like this. Awareness is great but guess what. We already knew before your parade and campout. Well next time do it in the common in the summer so I can go out, have a good time, and then camp out without paying a hotel bill. Oh, wait, you’ll all be busy at the hamptons or smoking crack cocaine.
You do realize that 6% of rapists ever see a jail, right? Because women’s no is NOT respected in our culture, rape generally goes unreported. Our cultural and legal narrative around rape is: what did the woman do wrong to incur this misunderstanding. That’s why women’s clothing and character go on trial the moment she files a police report. And while you might think that’s ridiculous, you should think about the women who have suffered through recovering from something that was forced on them. Think of the guilt that every survivor goes through. Chances are that you know a woman who is a survivor. And Occupy is about confronting false narratives in our culture. It’s about bringing the many oppressed voices to the fore front so that they can speak about their experiences. It’s about learning and changing our perceptions of truth.
on December 5th, 2011 at 5:25 am #
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Looks like there were alot of empty kitchens out there.