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Do we still have to protest this shit? When the most powerful man in the world thinks “you can do anything” to women, the answer can only be yes.
How many times do we have to convince those in power that women – all women – have a fundamental right to bodily autonomy? I don’ t know about you, but I am sick and tired of protesting this sh* t !
To #CostIt is to say that we are nearly back to 1963. Men on the left and right want to co-opt what energy we do have, and that way too, nothing is new. And we have much to win back and rebuild.
„Unsere Vortragsreihe heißt ‚We can’t believe we still have to protest this shit‘, weil wir eigentlich das Gefühl haben, dass zum Thema Schwangerschaftsabbrüche schon alles gesagt ist.
At one of my first demonstrations, back in 2002, there was an old woman with a placard that said, “I can’t believe I still have to protest this shit.” We were talking about invading Afghanistan at that point, and I remember thinking, ‘I hope when I’m her age I won’t need a sign like that.’
It depends on the protesters and even the protest. When there are issues like human rights violations, or an attempt to overthrow a brutal regime, people are willing to put their lives on hold to make sure things go there way.
“I can’t believe I still have to protest this fucking shit.” This was the slogan held by a woman in one of several marches being held across the United States to protest the hate and bigotry that Donald Trump displayed during his presidential electoral campaign.
I Can’t Believe I Still Have to Protest This Shit 100 Years of Female Struggle in Posters Jessica Hallbäck. For hundreds of years, the fight for women’s equality has been waged in the public sphere. Posters have often been the best means of communication when others were denied.
Invariably, around International Women’s Day, people ask whether feminism is redundant. Don’t the women of the Western world already have equal rights? Do we still have to protest this shit? When the most powerful man in the world thinks “you can do anything” to women, the answer can only be yes.
Discover "I can't believe I still have to protest this shit" by Jessica Hallbach. Hardback book featuring 20 posters on women's rights struggle from Max Strom.