But before we can teach our children that women count, we have to learn it and live it ourselves. Women are half the population, and there is no corner of society or the world where we should not be involved and making decisions. If women act together, if we persist, we can make it happen. 

What is this thing, Brass Ovaries? The answer is difficult to sum up succinctly, mostly because it is amorphous and evolving. In this space it is mine to define, so here, at least, it is an attitude, a philosophy, a way of approaching life at this time and in this place. And the hope that perhaps we can use that approach to act together and change some things.

Women live Brass Ovaries every day. The symbol, for me, is an identifier of our common sympathy and goals. I hope that it will help us identify one another the way the pussy hats did at the March, to help us remember we are not alone, to recognize that we stand united, and that we are not going away.