The resistance is intersectional

I've been working on this post since the Inauguration, but International Women's Day seems like the best day to finalize it. One of friends just posted the hashtag #ItsNotFeminismIfItsNotIntersectional.

I LOVE that the resistance movement is wholly intersectional.

Activists knew from the election result that we can't be successful alone. In the words of Tupac, "The old way wasn't working, so it's on us to make a change." We now say loud and proud (and over and over) that we will not be torn apart. A microcosm of this energy is the ways that in the face of antisemitism and Islamophobia, Muslims and Jews have stood side by side as people attack both community. We all realize that all of our liberation is intertwined.

I have yet to go to a march or rally since the election that did not represent a coalition of causes. Even if it's a protest against the travel ban, we're saying "No Ban, No Wall" and "From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go." We have a rotating blank that we fill in for the chant, "When ________ are under attack, what do we do? Stand up fight back!" And goodness knows our signs have to be inclusive, because discriminatory policies are being created faster than we can make new posters! Mine now says "Lead with Love" on one side and "We #Resist because we LOVE" on the other so that I can keep up.

I'm inspired every time I head to the streets. We've always all been in this together, but now we've all woken up to that fact.