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Wwcd

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20. Yes got it. My point is the hard fought decades long women's movement, having been
Thu May 31, 2018, 01:02 PM
May 2018

recently hijacked for self serving, opportunistic purposes, needs to be always dilligent in keeping it for & about the original purpose.

It should & appears to be now on track to do just that.
It is through allowing opportunists to climb on the backs of those who built the movement & claim credit, for self-serving & perhaps nefarious means, whether to split up & cause division among us in order to weaken our strength, or simply to profit & promote themselves, ..we need to be wary of who steps in to promote themselves.

MeToo & the Women's Movement we see today is made from many voices all after the same result.
By women, for women & their personal & basic human rights.

It didn't help the MeToo movement when the organizers aligned with Farrakhan Wwcd May 2018 #1
What??? The Women's March group and the MeToo movement are two DURHAM D May 2018 #2
#MeToo & Women's March grew from each other Wwcd May 2018 #6
#MeToo was in existence long before the Women's March, but nice try. niyad May 2018 #9
Excuse me?? "Nice try" nothing...In 2018 the entire movement & march became one big self supporting Wwcd May 2018 #13
as was pointed out, your basic premise is based on incorrect information. you niyad May 2018 #14
I ignored nothing. Wwcd May 2018 #17
Tarana Burke..... spicysista May 2018 #3
Thank you. Good response. nt DURHAM D May 2018 #4
Anytime. I just don't get it. spicysista May 2018 #5
Next thing you know we will see posts that DURHAM D May 2018 #7
Oh, you're bad! spicysista May 2018 #8
Remember the OR promoted Women's Convention that tried to hail a man as its keynote? Wwcd May 2018 #16
They grew from each other Wwcd May 2018 #12
Sarsour, Mallory & Perez claimed A LOT of promo credit for the 2017 March. Wwcd May 2018 #15
I'm trying to follow you... spicysista May 2018 #18
Yes got it. My point is the hard fought decades long women's movement, having been Wwcd May 2018 #20
okay...I see. spicysista May 2018 #22
we are all well aware of your feelings about the Women's March. however, as has been niyad May 2018 #19
No one hijacked the OP. I have a point to make about the strength of the Women's Movement & #MeToo Wwcd May 2018 #21
K and R + several gazillion for this very thoughtful piece. I would love to see it in GD as well, niyad May 2018 #10
Okay. Thank you, Niyad. spicysista May 2018 #11
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