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The Women in Pink

A collection of woman-on-the-street interviews from the march in Washington, D.C.
Source: Emily Jan / The Atlantic

Hundreds of thousands of people streamed into the streets of Washington again  on Saturday, but this time they donned pink hats instead of red.

Wearinghandmade knit hats with two points like cat earsthey gathered on and around the National Mall for a mass demonstrationagainst President Donald Trump, one day after he was sworn into office. The hats, dubbed “pussyhats,” allude to the new president’s from over a decade ago, whose reveal a month before the presidential election was, many

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