'What I saw on the streets was rage and desperation, because things haven’t changed a bit.' Via guardian glitterrevolution revoluciondiamantina
Sandra Aguilar-Gomez remembers an atmosphere of camaraderie and celebration when thousands of Mexican women took to the streets for the “violet spring” protests of 2016.
Aguilar-Gomez is one of thousands of women who have joined the so-called “revolución diamantina” in Mexico’s sprawling capital. The movement earned its name after protesters showered Mexico City’s security chief with pink glitter during their inaugural demonstration on 12 August. “It is an unsustainable, femicidal situation,” said Yndira Sandoval, a campaigner whose group, Las Constituyentes, is among those that has joined the movement.
In Mexico City, which chose López Obrador’s ally Claudia Sheinbaum as its first elected female mayor, expectations were particularly high. Sheinbaum, meanwhile, infuriated feminist protesters by branding their first mobilisation – which resulted in the glass entrance to the attorney general’s office being smashed – “a provocation”.
Aguilar-Gomez said she was frustrated that, since then, much of the media focus had been on the defaced monument and not the discrimination and attacks against Mexican women.
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