2018 Feminist Night March: Slogans for Placards

SLOGANS FOR PLACARDS – FEMINIST NIGHT 2018

  • Long live March 8! Long live our feminist struggle!
  • Long live, long live March 8!
  • Long live women’s solidarity!
  • Not alone, strong together!
  • Women together, strong together!
  • Join the call for the international women’s strike!!!!!
  • Not one more of us will be lost!
  • Join the call, join the call, join the women’s strike!
  • Raise, raise, raise the voice of rebellion!
  • Women, stop work on March 8!
  • On strike for life, we are in rebellion!
  • Men, go home to look after children
  • Men, go home to cook
  • Men, go home to iron
  • Women, to the streets to be free!
  • Cinderella, don’t go to the ball; on March 8, come to the square!
  • Men are indebted to us!
  • Leave the housework, let the world stop!
  • Let the house go to shit!
  • There’s nothing to eat in the fridge, there’s rebellion in the streets!
  • We are women, not the family; we are in feminist rebellion!
  • Invisible labor, raise your voice!
  • Laundry gets dirty, dishes get dirty; let him not think you’re his slave: if he dirtied it, let him wash it!
  • NO to male violence 
  • NO to harassment and rape
  • NO to sexual abuse 
  • NO to those trying to legitimize abuse
  • NO to war
  • NO to lies
  • NO to death
  • NO to decree laws 
  • NO to those handing social policy over to the Directorate of Religious Affairs
  • NO to those making the mufti responsible for establishing and protecting the family
  • NO to hatred 
  • NO to homophobia
  • NO to those turning a deaf ear to our voices and decisions
  • NO to those making us regret loving
  • NO to those exploiting our labor at home, at work, everywhere
  • NO to those making life unbearable for us
  • NO to those trying to shut us up at home 
  • NO to those drawing the boundaries of our lives with the family
  • NO to those extracting consent through threats
  • NO MEANS NO; NO MEANS NO                                                 
  • WHEN I SAY “NO,” IT MEANS NO; IN HARASSMENT CASES, THE WOMAN’S TESTIMONY IS THE BASIS
  • Jesca Nankabirwa HERE
  • Violet Nantaba HERE
  • Çağla Joker HERE
  • Değer Deniz HERE
  • Hande Kader HERE
  • Emani El-Rahman HERE
  • Özgecan Aslan HERE
  • Nalan Bayar HERE
  • NOT COINCIDENCE, BUT MALE VIOLENCE
  • Sevim Zarif HERE 
  • Ayşe Yılbaş HERE 
  • Meryem Yılmaz HERE
  • NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS, BUT MALE VIOLENCE
  • Nevin, Yasemin, Çilem, Semra are our rebellion!
  • Our lives are ours; keep your family!
  • We are not silent, we are not afraid, we do not obey!
  • Woman, life, freedom
  • Prevent murder, not divorce!
  • We abandon neither the nights nor the streets nor the squares
  • The world would shake if women were free; we will shake the world!
  • We do not obey men!!
  • We do not obey patriarchy!!
  • We do not obey the AKP!!
  • We do not obey husbands, fathers or bosses!!
  • AKP, take your hands off my body!
  • State, take your hands off my life
  • Nurseries are a loss to the public purse; whose interests does the Directorate of Religious Affairs serve?
  • Murders of trans people are political!
  • Real justice, not male justice!
  • Prince on a white horse, don’t bother coming!
  • I’ve lost my honor and won’t find it; I won’t be anyone’s honor!
  • Love, Love, Freedom; Keep Hatred Away!
  • Women are resisting everywhere!
  • Women’s anger crosses borders!
  • Don’t give me roses, give me peace; just stay out of my way!
  • Civil marriage is not the mufti’s job!
  • Social services are not the mufti’s job!
  • Women do not want war!
  • We insist, insist on peace!
  • Raise, raise, raise the voice of peace!
  • No to war, peace right now!
  • We stand for life, not death!
  • End male and state violence
  • Women’s bodies are not battlefields!
  • Let the guns fall silent, peace right now!
  • Funds for sustaining life, not war!
  • Funds for shelters, not war!
  • Raise your voice for peace, stop war!
  • Women do not want war, they want peace!
  • Long live women’s struggle
  • I come home whenever I want (chant leader) —- WHAT’S IT TO YOU (crowd)
  • OUR LABOR, OUR BODIES, OUR IDENTITIES BELONG TO US!
  • Get used to #No, gentlemen!
  • Don’t watch violence, intervene!
  • You spoke of laughter and chastity, you massacred women.
  • You spoke of innate nature and fits of madness, you massacred women.
  • Men hit, the state protects.
  • Men’s love kills women 
  • We don’t want love that kills!
  • Femicides Are Political
  • Shout So Everyone Hears, Let Male Violence End
  • There is murder in marriage!
  • Men kill
  • The judiciary protects
  • The media whitewashes
  • MEN, JUDICIARY, MEDIA: DO NOT FORM AN ALLIANCE!
  • Don’t be silent, shout out: lesbians exist
  • Whose morality is public morality
  • No is not a word but a sentence; if I say no, it means no.
  • If I say “jerk,” I mean jerk.
  • Male state, what’s your problem?
  • This is all feminist rebellion
  • No, I mean, feminism in general
  • After 12, all pumpkins are feminist
  • Long live sister-lovers
  • Burn the bras
  • “No” does not mean convince me; “no” means no
  • Against fascism, girls, get scissoring
  • Which of us hasn’t loved feminism like crazy
  • Under emergency rule, in this state, struggle in any case
  • Feminist laughter against the male mindset
  • Honor is your curse; life is our right
  • Masculinity is something that can shrink
  • Sorry, patriarchy, you’ve reached the end of your allotted time
  • The women you are trying to reach are currently unavailable….
  • Did you think feminists would be silent?
  • We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn’t burn
  • I prefer the woman superhero
  • My cleavage does not mean consent
  • If a man can ruin the world, why can’t a woman change it
  • Or are you still not a feminist?
  • My arms ache from holding this placard for years
  • Feminism central, everyone behave
  • Feminist everyone behave, central
  • Anonymous feminists exist
  • Honor, morality, modesty, mother: ugh, enough of you
  • Don’t humor him, go get laid
  • A magnificent view, no need to explain, you can see it
  • Come on, get divorced, let’s mingle, girl
  • Çakkıdı çakkıdı, let’s fool around, girl
  • If only you’d see this no of mine now, believe me, it would blow your mind
  • I’m an incorrigible feminist
  • Consensual relationships between adults are neither a crime nor a sin!!
  • I will be neither profit for the boss nor sweetheart for a man! 
  • You got divorced; weren’t we there for you?
  • I’ll come to your divorce hearing, not your wedding
  • I’ll pin a quarter gold coin on you when you divorce
  • If you love with all your heart, divorce your husband and come 
  • Black-eyed peas in the gardens, the bride and sister-in-law run away
  • Zero tolerance for patriarchy
  • Be ashamed of the blood on your hands, not menstrual blood
  • Make love, not war! Make lots of love!
  • Beware! “Romance” can turn into abuse and violence!
  • I am a single woman carrying on with my child.
  • Bitch is in, acceptable is out!
  • Bitchiness is in, ladylike niceness is out!
  • I’m not frigid, I don’t want you!
  • Your questioning of my sexuality has been blocked by a feminist decision!
  • Shhh shhh, calm down! Keep your masculinity under control!
  • Life without men is possible
  • Your other sock is where you left it!
  • Do I have to marry to live with my lover?
  • You can’t fire me for giving birth!
  • Dear Ahmet, what’s for dinner tonight?
  • “You didn’t kiss me; I woke up!” Princesses
  • Çilem and Yasemin are now free. Nevin is next!
  • They said have children and a career too; they lied to me.
  • Men of the world, unite; wash your own laundry!
  • Mehmet, cook it yourself, eat it yourself!
  • Migrant women, let’s cross borders, stand in solidarity together!
  • Come, let’s be equal together, earn equal pay for equal work.
  • Beds and streets are more beautiful woman to woman
  • Neither mufti nor municipality! I can live without marriage too, what’s it to you!
  • Move an arm’s length away!
  • Dad, leave my mother alone!
  • A room of her own for every woman.
  • The problem is not your dick, but your “BECAUSE”
  • Love doesn’t forgive everything!
  • I shudder inside: what if he doesn’t leave me!
  • Leave that man, let the world stop!
  • Feminist rebellion for the value of our labor!
  • Feminism keeps you sober.
  • As you say at least 3 children, at least 3 women are murdered!
  • Feminist rebellion every day relieves anxiety.
  • It’s not because I’m on my period; you’re driving me crazy!
  • No woman has an orgasm because the kitchen floor shines!
  • Men want to protect women! From whom? From men!!!
  • Not every woman is straight!
  • Patriarchy is always gray; we are all colors!
  • You’re not my half, you’re my beloved!
  • If a husband were lovely, he’d be called a rosebud!
  • Sexist jokes aren’t funny!
  • Don’t rescue me, Romeo; I’ll go myself!
  • I’m not going to ask anyone what to say yes to!
  • I’ve got that covered, darling!
  • Be a slut, do as you please!
  • Let things get awkward; I’m tired of protecting your fragile masculinity!
  • Male violence rises from slaughterhouses!
  • Masculinity has plenty of excuses, no “what’s it to me”!
  • Women’s talk is political.
  • Liberation is not at the last stop. You can get off at any stop!
  • Funds for shelters, not weapons!
  • He can’t look after himself, but becomes the Minister responsible for us!
  • Silence is not yes, nor is a smile an invitation
  • Those drawing countries’ borders are always men. A coincidence?
  • Half this population has been menstruating for millennia. (confirmed fact)
  • I bleed every month; you can’t pretend not to know!!
  • Public morality is so outdated, sweetie
  • I’ll burn you too, and the food!
  • The family is not sacred
  • He can’t get up and fetch his own glass of tea, but says he’ll come to March 8 
  • Roam. Rub. Slut. We rubbed and had fun!
  • Consensual sex isn’t a crime; harassment and rape are!
  • With feminist solidarity, I don’t need the support of a bra!
  • Masculinity is a “jammer” of women’s solidarity!
  • Come to the streets! The streets are beautiful with women!
  • There’s no danger in the streets, there are men!
  • What was that man doing there at that hour?
  • Motherhood is not a career, your family is not my destiny
  • I live whatever I want to live. What’s it to anyone?
  • I won’t learn womanhood from you!
  • Erkeğibırakabilirsiniz.org (You Can Leave Him)
  • That gold belongs to the bride and sister-in-law!
  • Say no once, the rest will follow
  • A woman’s place is wherever she wants to be!
  • I’m a feminist; what’s your superpower?
  • Not your mother, wife or daughter; I am a woman!
  • You’ve tried dieting, exercise and therapy to be happy. What about lesbianism?
  • Feminism took off. Orgasms and more orgasms!
  • Our lives are ours, our rebellion is feminism!
  • If we say stop, the world stops!
  • My strength is in myself, my rebellion is in feminism!
  • Have you ever exchanged glances with her? Love your vagina!
  • The wages we earn are not “support for the family,” but compensation for our labor!
  • We don’t want to be unpaid workers at home and earn unequal wages at work!
  • We are ending thousands of years of patriarchy in this century!
  • Now it’s time for my rebellion, mufti
  • I won’t fall for you, mufti!
  • Every early death has a male cause!

2018 Archive: Other Articles

2018 Feminist Night March: Shopping List

2018 Feminist Night March: Press Statement

2018 Feminist Night March: Press Statement in Arabic

2018 Feminist Night March: Press Statement in English

2018 Feminist Night March: Leaflet

2018 Feminist Night March: Videos Calling for Participation

2018 Feminist Night March: Foam-board Placard Texts

2018 Feminist Night March: Task List

2018 Feminist Night March: A Reminder of Our Principles

2018 Feminist Night March: Invitation to a Slogan Workshop

2018 Feminist Night March: Slogan List

2018 Feminist Night March: Call for a Social Media Action

2018 Feminist Night March: Call for a Social Media Action

2018 Feminist Night March: Invitation to an Organising Meeting

2018 Press Statement in Kurdish (Kurmanji)