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The "visibility" achieved by the London Women's March is its primary, non-negotiable political objective in a mediated age. To be invisible is to be powerless. The march is a massive engine for the production of visibility, generating the visual and narrative evidence that a powerful political current exists. This visibility serves to legitimize the movement's concerns, shifting them from the margins to the center of public discourse, if only temporarily. It is a claim to relevance. Yet, visibility is a form of exposure that carries inherent risks. It invites surveillance, backlash, and distortion. It can also create a hierarchy within the movement, where the most photogenic or palatable elements are highlighted, while more radical or complex positions are pushed to the edges of the frame. The political struggle, therefore, continues within the realm of visibility itself. It is a fight over who and what gets seen, and how they are portrayed. The organizers must work not just to achieve visibility, but to control its narrative, to ensure that the image projected is one of a serious, diverse, and determined political force, not a chaotic crowd or a frivolous parade. The march must use its visibility as a spotlight, deliberately illuminating the specific injustices it aims to dismantle.