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Bookish Signs from the Women’s March 2018

A roundup of some of the best bookish sign's from this year's Women's March, which focused on voting with the Power to the Polls initiative.

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Cassandra Neace

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Cassandra Neace is a high school English teacher in Houston. When she's not in the classroom, she reads books and writes about them. She prides herself on her ability to recommend a book for most any occasion. She can be found on Instagram @read_write_make

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January 20, on the one year anniversary of the first Women’s March, we assembled again. This time, the focus is on voting, with the Power to the Polls initiative. Votes matter. If we didn’t know that before, the past year has provided a number of noteworthy examples. Remember Alabama?

For me, the best part of any march or protest is getting to see all of the very clever and creative signs. So many of them come from books! Like these from Harry Potter  (with guest appearances by Princess Leia and Katniss Everdeen).

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeMdc5RlEwr/?hl=en&tagged=womensmarch

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale made an appearance at many marches.

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There were more than a few women who borrowed the words of Lin Manuel Miranda in his ever relevant musical examination of the founding of this country, Hamilton. 

https://twitter.com/AlongTheWayKate/status/954864436291911681

Rioter Teresa Preston spotted these signs at the march in Washington, D.C.

https://twitter.com/teresareads/status/954866094082330624

Her own sign came from Ocatavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents.

https://twitter.com/teresareads/status/954711620500017152

Rioter Beth O’Brien found inspiration for her sign in Bitch Planet. Maybe what we all need is a little more non-compliance.

 

I’ll leave you with a poem from Halsey, one that she shared at the Women’s March in New York City.