Comments on: March 8 is International Women's Day.

March 8 is International Women's Day.

infini — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:49:15 -0800

March 8 is International Women's Day. And I stumbled across some stunning graphic design, a collection of classic Russian posters, the history of the poster as a form of protest, this cool pin to wear tomorrow, and much much more. Take a moment to commemorate a special woman tomorrow.

By: wilful

wilful — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:33:30 -0800

I wore my purple and green tie today to acknowledge IWD. I'm sure some see the tie as a sign of the patriarchy so this was somehow an ironic statement, but whatever. Stunning graphic design? Your opinion is your own of course, I thought that poster was terrrible. Meanwhile of course...

By: Zack_Replica

Zack_Replica — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 23:58:07 -0800

Infini - thanks for the reminder and the post. There's a friend of mine who's a feminist and taking her PhD. in Russian studies who'd like this too, especially the Russian links, and the reminders of the protests of (well, specifically Russian) women against the oppression of the times. Nice one.

By: infini

infini — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:36:19 -0800

wilful - quite. I wrote stunning first, linked later... you have me there Zack - thank you, as an international woman, how can I forget? your friend may like this link too. Most graphic.

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:02:48 -0800

Thanks for the reminder and great links.

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 03:53:00 -0800

So when is International Men's Day?

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:12:15 -0800

I believe every day is International Men's Day, Orange Goblin (someone was going to say, so...) So who is sending me flowers and buying my lunch to commemorate MY day? Huh huh?

By: darsh

darsh — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:26:30 -0800

Maybe the statistics listed in this link will help explain why we don't really need an International Men's Day

By: nixerman

nixerman — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:31:16 -0800

I think it's hilarious how the Russians dumped Communism without a second thought but kept all of the BS Communist holidays.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 07:03:45 -0800

Some of those posters are fantastic; this one has an eerie prescience. Note the title. Does anyone know where I can find the poster of the scarf-clad woman with her hand cupped to her mouth, and the typography set as though she's shouting? I love that one and I think it's relatively famous but I can't find it anywhere.

By: melimelo

melimelo — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:24:43 -0800

ThePinkSuperHero beat me to it. Although, I would have said, "That would be every *other* day". Rimshot optional Just to add a few links to the pile, for the Canadian perspective you can also check out the Status of Women Canada's web site. From their background information, "The Canadian theme for International Women's Week 2006 is "Beyond Laws: The Right to be Me', which addresses women's rights, women's diversity and the need to put words into action."

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:38:56 -0800

Maybe the statistics listed in this link will help explain why we don't really need an International Men's Day Wow. Untill reading that link I never appreciated it before. Being a man is AWESOME!

By: gambit

gambit — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:18:43 -0800

Actually, I think that link was saying it's awesome to be a man in a third world country. In other news, I actually got my girlfriend a present for International Women's day. I expect she'll be confused by it.

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:05:21 -0800

Actually, I think that link was saying it's awesome to be a man in a third world country. I suppose by a slim margin. Poverty sucks for everybody pretty much. That link was somewhat over simplifying a far more complex issue that involves class and geography almost as much as gender. Perhaps necessary to illustrate a depressing truth. "1% of the titled land in the world is owned by women" the Remaining 99% is owned by men... and 80 some-odd percent of THAT is owned by a few RICH men. IOW: Most PEOPLE don't own shit. And a great deal of the rest was kind of, well, about how women have babies and men don't. And in poorer countries having babies is very dangerous and has a cascading effect throughout a women's life. And in those countries ruling classes don't give a shit about healthcare.

By: infini

infini — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:09:38 -0800

Melimelo - I saw that too, powerful theme, but their poster was in PDF format and I didn't want to link to that.

By: darsh

darsh — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:33:28 -0800

tkchrist: You're right, the numbers I linked to in the Indepenant are overly simplistic. And many of them are about how life sucks in the developing world. But some of them were about the so-called rich world - how about: Women in full-time jobs earn an average 17% less than British men Women in part-time jobs earn an average 42% less than British men 67% of all illiterate adults are women (emphasis mine) In the US, 35% of lawyers are women but just 5% are partners in law firms Maybe we can try to highlight those issues. And remember, today is International Womens Day. Just because life sucks for most everyone in developing countries, we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that in most cases, it stinks more for women than for men.

By: FunkyHelix

FunkyHelix — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:41:39 -0800

Okay, then how about male privilege in this country? The Male Privilege Checklist and Male Privilege in Online Fandom Closer to home enough for you?

By: MiltonRandKalman

MiltonRandKalman — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:46:08 -0800

Orange Goblin asked So when is International Men's Day? Once a month, when my International Male catalog arrives.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:16:42 -0800

Margaret Sanger and The Woman Rebel. A mini-edition of the 20 year+ struggle by the feminist and birth-control agitator to exempt contraceptive material from the Comstock Law.