Nasty Woman Movement

"Nasty woman"

Demonstrator holding "nasty woman" sign at Women's March, Chicago, January 2017
Date	October 19, 2016
Location	United States
Cause	2016 United States presidential debate

"Such a nasty woman" was a phrase used by 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump referring to opponent Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate. The phrase made worldwide news and became a viral call for some women voters and has also launched a feminist movement by the same name.

The phrase influenced memes, popular culture, books and magazines, art exhibits, theater and concert productions, and came to be known as a women's rights rallying cry by some in the media.

On October 19, 2016, during the final presidential debate, Hillary Clinton explained her hopes to improve the Social Security program by increasing taxes on the wealthy, commenting that her own Social Security contributions would accordingly go up along with those of her opponent, Donald Trump's, "assuming he can't figure out how to get out of it". Trump immediately retorted "Such a nasty woman". His comment sparked an immediate reaction on various social media platforms, having the biggest response from Twitter. Women, and some men, embraced Trump's insult and turned it into a hashtag. Some users even referenced Janet Jackson's 1986 single "Nasty". Considered the female equivalent of Trump's "bad hombres", "nasty woman" became an international rallying cry for feminist women in defiance of Trump. The Nasty Women Movement spawned from women coming together to battle injustice and inequality personally, professionally and socially. The movement champions intersectionality, the LGBTQ+ community and religious freedoms.

The Nasty Woman Movement is a movement that first launched in 2016 as a result of a comment made by then-Presidential nominee Donald Trump. The phrase has been used by many feminists that describe themselves as being "just as nasty-maybe even more nasty- than the woman [Hillary Clinton] Trump had attempted to denigrate, via a weaponized mutter." The term is associated with the goals of the Women's Movement through a poem, 'nasty woman,' which was recited at the Women's March on Washington. Its intent is to reclaim the pejorative term, nasty. "The phrase [nasty woman] became a rallying cry for women everywhere," and it has generated merchandise that bears the term 'nasty woman.' Also, projects and exhibitions have used the term for their efforts to fundraise for Planned Parenthood, echoing the Women's March's support for the healthcare provider. Some celebrities favor the phrase, wearing 'nasty woman' T-shirts and expressing their support. The support was most notable on Twitter, where the phrase was, approvingly, tweeted about.