International Women's Day (apparently being held during Women's History Month, in case you didn't catch *that* press either).
Truth be told, I may have only actually become aware of today's day of celebration courtesy of the Facebook, and it may have been from women who weren't necessarily in southern Florida ... but go with me here ...
More truth be told, I'm not just dedicating a post to the situation because I'm afraid of Patricia Arquette. (If you didn't watch or hear about the Oscars, then this might not make any sense ...)
Instead, I'm doing this today to pay tribute to all of the strong women in my life ... knowing full well that there are still gains to be made to see true equality ... and that even rallying efforts like the one in the accompanying image still feel hopelessly anacrhonistic in a maybe-missed-the-point kind of way when it includes the "cooking barefoot as a superpower" ...
But, I have to believe that the author's heart was in the right place ... and so ... today ... we honor and celebrate (and call attention to the inequalities that still exist in this world for) those with double the X chromosome.
THE ONGOING CELEBRATION:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
READING UP ON THE MOVEMENT:
https://www.uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/CWLUArchive/interwomen.html
REGARDING THE ARQUETTE ANNOUNCEMENT:
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-equal-pay-oscars-flub-what-patricia-arquette-really-meant
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