When reading “A Day Without Feminism,” all I could think about was the women’s march and Facebook. I was thinking about how some women on Facebook have begun to make posts against the women’s march by hashtagging #notmymarch and posts that read “oh, what has Trump done within the past 24 hours to infringe on your rights? Nothing? I thought so.” I thought of this because I wondered why they couldn't see why women were marching and protesting. They reduce everything down to the most basic definition, such as protests only happen when rights have been taken away from an individual. Protests can be much more than that though. I believe they are meant to, obviously, fight for rights, but they can also show where people stand and what they are willing to do to fight for their rights. I believe the women’s march was meant to show where we stand and that we won’t allow him to take away our rights. Its women drawing a line. “A Day Without Feminism” was a reminder that if it wasn't for women protesting in the past, we would have no rights today. Women today seem to feel that we have all that we need. An open letter about why a woman did not participate in the march claimed that women already have the ability to do so much. We don't need more. They believe that everything is ok and there’s no need for more. I felt this reading was relevant to what’s happening in society today, and it’s important for us to remember that if it wasn't for previous women protesting and fighting for our rights we would be stuck with no rights.
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