Pussyhat

They are the result of the Pussyhat Project, a nationwide effort initiated by Krista Suh and Jayna Zweiman, a screenwriter and architect located in Los Angeles, to create pink hats to be worn at the march.

[1] In response to this call, crafters all over the United States began making these hats using patterns provided on the project Web site for use with either a knitting method, crocheting and even sewing with fabrics.

[3] The hats are made using pink yarns or fabrics and were originally designed to be a positive form of protest for Trump's inauguration by Krista Suh.

"[3] Suh and Zweiman worked with Kat Coyle, the owner of a local knitting supply shop called The Little Knittery, to come up with the original design.

Referring to how participants would appear at the Women's March, the project was envisioned as "a sea of pink, with each individual choosing their own shade, yet being part of a collective.

"[8] The idea for the Pussyhat Project emerged after the 2016 United States presidential election as a way to create a visible symbol of solidarity for women's rights.

[18] Critics have insisted that the hats should be evaluated not as a symbolic political parody but instead according to a visual measure of inclusion, that is, by how realistically they represent the anatomy all potential participants.

Shannon Black, in an article in Gender, Place & Culture, notes the criticism of the premise of the Pussyhat Project being "as if women's rights are the most important cause in our nation.

"While the project states that 'people with any genital anatomy can be feminists,' the context in which it does so leaves it ambiguous as to whether individuals that identify as men, and not as women, are included in their assertion.

Its January 21, 2017, episode showed a distressed Russian woman putting on a hat and tiptoeing behind Vladimir Putin as he talked about Russia's recent "purchase" of the United States via the election.