RantCrush Top 5: March 8, 2017

Last night, attentive New Yorkers noticed that the lights on the Statue of Liberty suddenly went dark. At first no one knew what was going on, but the symbolism seemed too timely to be a coincidence, at least according to Twitter.

Wow! The Statue Of Liberty is dark tonight. Looks like someone is getting an early start to #ADayWithoutAWoman. 🇺🇸❤️ #ImWithHer @womensmarch pic.twitter.com/odLbMHFFvS

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 8, 2017

The statue, which symbolizes freedom and friendship, was dark for two hours. According to the National Park Service it was a “temporary, unplanned outage” linked to repair work on damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.

And by midnight the lights were back on.
But the statue has been the site of protests before–last month, someone hung a huge banner with the words “Refugees welcome” from its base. Many people took the power outage as a sign that Lady Liberty is definitely on the side of women, refugees, and other minorities.

The lights are out at the Statue of Liberty…that’s ONE MORE woman America CANNOT do without. #adaywithoutwomen #LightsOut

— Girls Really Rule. (@girlsreallyrule) March 8, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.