--- title: Women Share Empowering Post-It Notes After Election description: Empowering Post-It notes are appearing around the country as many people come to terms with a Donald Trump presidency. canonical: https://time.com/4570068/empowering-post-it-notes/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-14T20:20:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:51.652Z og:title: Women Are Leaving Post-It Notes for Each Other All Over the Country og:description: From the Google offices to high school bathrooms og:url: https://time.com/4570068/empowering-post-it-notes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc77f501c2bc1bd4e/6988ae6cf887dc24bce98368/post-it-notes-subway.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: As Donald Trump Wins Presidency, Country Reacts og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Women Are Leaving Post-It Notes for Each Other All Over the Country twitter:description: From the Google offices to high school bathrooms twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc77f501c2bc1bd4e/6988ae6cf887dc24bce98368/post-it-notes-subway.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Women Are Leaving Post-It Notes for Each Other All Over the Country by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 14, 2016 8:20 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Post-it notes, many with politically themed messages, hang on a wall at the 6th Avenue subway station as part of a public art project entitled 'Subway Therapy,' November 10, 2016 in New York City. Artist Matthew Chavez, who goes by 'Levee,' created the 'Subway Therapy' wall to offer New Yorkers a chance to write down their feelings in the wake of the presidential election. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Post-it notes, many with politically themed messages, hang on a wall at the 6th Avenue subway station as part of a public art project entitled 'Subway Therapy,' November 10, 2016 in New York City. Artist Matthew Chavez, who goes by 'Levee,' created the 'Subway Therapy' wall to offer New Yorkers a chance to write down their feelings in the wake of the presidential election. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Drew Angerer/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 14, 2016 8:20 PM UTC Thousands of people are speaking out against [Donald Trump’s election](http://time.com/4565025/future-historians-election-week/) by [protesting](http://time.com/4565023/donald-trump-election-victory-protests-world/) around the world. Others are taking to the written word. Empowering Post-It notes are appearing around the country as many people come to terms with a [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4569192/donald-trump-reince-priebus-stephen-bannon/) presidency. After a dark and stressful election cycle rife with misogynistic comments and [hateful speech](http://time.com/4569129/racist-anti-semitic-incidents-donald-trump/), Americans are choosing positivity and optimism by filling subway stations, [bathrooms](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/11/students-cover-their-high-school-bathroom-with-post-it-notes.html), and other public spaces with words of encouragement — especially for women. The notes are a means of both talking about the election as well as [reminding women](http://motto.time.com/4567871/leslie-knope-open-letter-donald-trump/) of their value and worth. Post-It notes appeared in Google’s San Francisco offices on Friday, where sticky notes read, “Be your best self today” and “Use your voice. It matters,” [according](http://www.glamour.com/story/women-are-leaving-each-other-post-it-messages-at-google) to _Glamour_. Similar signs appeared in [New York subway stations](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/11/12/subway-post-it-notes/). The walls lining the 14th Street line turned into an impromptu mural of Post-It notes, which was started by artist Matthew ‘Levee’ Chavez. [According](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/11/10/subway-post-it-project/) to CBS New York, Levee wanted to provide a small therapeutic moment for commuters on their way to work: “I wanted to do something little, something small, that they could get it off their chests, and keep walking.” As you can see, this trend has surged around the country, and women and girls everywhere are finding empowerment everywhere. > [](https://twitter.com/lovebscott/status/797911229893226496) > [](https://twitter.com/anniekarni/status/797122847848230912) > [](https://twitter.com/annaesilman/status/796488201439428608) > [](https://twitter.com/BroadwayHumans/status/797928451965489152) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4570068/empowering-post-it-notes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4570068/empowering-post-it-notes/"},"headline":"Women Are Leaving Post-It Notes for Each Other All Over the Country","datePublished":"2016-11-14T20:20:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:51.652Z","description":"From the Google offices to high school bathrooms","url":"https://time.com/4570068/empowering-post-it-notes/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc77f501c2bc1bd4e/6988ae6cf887dc24bce98368/post-it-notes-subway.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc77f501c2bc1bd4e/6988ae6cf887dc24bce98368/post-it-notes-subway.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"As Donald Trump Wins Presidency, Country Reacts","caption":"As Donald Trump Wins Presidency, Country Reacts","creditText":"Drew Angerer/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4570068/empowering-post-it-notes/","name":"Women Are Leaving Post-It Notes for Each Other All Over the Country"}}]}] ```