It hasn’t even been 24 hours since the world learned that Republican nominee Donald Trump had unexpectedly triumphed over Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton. 

Trump, now president of the United States, is the man who has been chosen to represent an entire nation: that includes the working class people he’s ridiculed, the LGBT community he’s levied hate at, the people of colour he’s made fear for their lives, the unregistered who's futures are in peril and the women he has abused, discriminated against and spoken down to. And everyone at those intersections. 

What’s disappointing is that one of the largest demographics that turned out to vote for the business tycoon was women. White women: with 53 per cent casting their vote for Trump. That’s a staggering number that just voted in a man who has made revolting comments about their gender – proudly detailing his “grab her by the pussy” technique, and calling various women dogs and other subhuman things – and the man who plans to destroy the good work of Planned Parenthood, hack into the health insurance of the uninsured and throw parental leave into chaos. One of the major concerns is who he will next appoint to the supreme court, giving way to more conservative ideas that could undo any progression. Of particular worry is Roe V Wade, which guarantees women the right to an abortion in every state. The future of Planned Parenthood is at stake: a seminal family planning clinic that provides contraception, cancer screenings and help for millions without insurance. Trump will punish women for being women.

He’s been accused of rape by his ex-wife, a 13-year-old child and a former colleague, and allegations of abuse against him hit the double digits. How telling, when society rails against victims of sexual violence that men’s careers and lives will never recover, but one of the worst can be handed the keys to a nation.

And let's not forget that Mike Pence, Trump's vice-president and the second-in-command to the most powerful man in the world, champions gay conversion therapy, seeks to defund LGBT charities and signed off on legislation that forces women to have burials for miscarried foetuses. Purvi Patel, the first US woman to be sent to prison for inducing her own abortion, is one of his victims.

Of course, it would be naïve to call Hillary’s campaign a pure and true feminist crusade. Solely electing a woman as president would not be enough. There's Clinton’s relentless support for military operations in the past – Iraq, Liba, Afghanistan and Syria – more or less for economic gain, as well as her past words about young refugees and the blood-curdling “super predators” speech that impacted on millions of women of colour and their families. Her flip-flopping on same-sex marriage even as late as 2008 doesn’t sit right with a lot of LGBT women. Though in her career, we’ve also seen her rigorously support Roe V Wade, fight for Planned Parenthood, support affirmative action and create the Office of Global Women’s Issues within the State Department among other tangible initiatives. She rightfully condemned the peroxide foghorn's sexist, damaging verbal abuse of women in a powerful campaign ad. 

The vitriolic hatred spewed at Clinton has been consistently misogynistic: she’s been criticised for decisions and policies that characterise her as masculine, scrutinised as a cold personality, a ‘hag’, a ‘lizard’ – a media circus equivalent to saying ‘give us a smile love’ – ludicrously called a ‘nasty woman’ by her opponent, and viciously held up for actions various men in power do with no consequences every day.

Clinton has had no problem finding women that championed #I’mWithHer. Her campaign no doubt set the pace for a bright future for women in the United States and elsewhere. Backed by creatives, artists, writers and musicians alike, her presidential run may be over, but the rallying cry of women’s voices will continue to sound off this echo chamber.

Below, the likes of Rose McGowan, Lady Gaga, Rowan Blanchard and more react to this dark day.