Out: New York's wall of 'Subway Therapy' Post-its; In: Women's March's wall of maxi pads

There were plenty of signs worth seeing at the Women’s March on Washington Saturday, by far too many to cover them all here. This one, though, was a little puzzling.

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/822910976622264320

Those replacement blades are pricey, believe us.

Wait a minute–do women get free razors? https://t.co/iLVa1DZxax

— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) January 21, 2017

There's a government program for free razors? Why didn't someone tell me!

— BDiddy (@VolbeckWasRight) January 21, 2017

Maybe … and this is a guess … the sign is a reference to the “tampon justice” movement, which in part demands the repeal of any tax on women’s hygiene products. Yes, President Obama was alerted to the problem during one of his YouTube interviews, but it appears he skipped out of office before doing much about it.

In a move so brash it hasn’t been seen since the Boston Tea Party, women at Saturday’s march decided they weren’t going to take it anymore, and wrote their messages to the government and the world on maxi pads and posted them in D.C., making New York City’s “Subway Therapy” Post-it installation look so very 2016.

https://twitter.com/colleenhagerty/status/822864562923929601

Let’s see … Bleed Proud, No Pussy No Power, Proud to be a Nasty Woman … it would be criminal if Washington didn’t follow New York’s lead and archive and preserve this spontaneous art installation.

I'd never want to be associated with these marches in any way.

— Saved By The Blood (@vonzion) January 21, 2017

https://twitter.com/Laughalot62/status/822869600148680704

@SarahKSilverman Some poor janitor is going to have to scrape all those off.

— Dean (@meandean1980) January 21, 2017

Out: New York's wall of 'Subway Therapy' Post-its; In: Women's March's wall of maxi pads

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