Happy Women’s Day to you all
Today’s being celebrated as the day of women around the world. People are talking about women, they’re sharing stories about women that inspire them. There are images being circulated and talks being given. Speeches being made and social media posts being uploaded. Yet there’s something worth noting about it all.
Let’s take a look, shall we?
So, as I was saying, It’s International Women’s Day today and the whole world is talking about it.
We’ve got famous women talking about women.
Happy #WomensDay! Let's stand together for equal pay, equal respect, equal rights and celebrate the strong inspirational women in our lives! pic.twitter.com/IvuGLjPYYA
— UN Women (@UN_Women) March 8, 2017
And famous men talking about them too
Nothing without them. Happy Women's Day!
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) March 8, 2019
We’ve got women being celebrated in bold professions
"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you" Muhammad Ali Jinnah #Pakistan #womensday pic.twitter.com/oj9IMXR5SQ
— Asfandyar Bhittani (@BhittaniKhannnn) March 8, 2017
We even have graphics being made about them
Happy #internationalwomensday to each & every woman out there. May you all continue to shine, inspire & build each other up. ❤#womensday pic.twitter.com/QK9eMdxsys
— MangoBaaz (@mangobaaz) March 8, 2017
…not to mention stimulating discussions on Facebook that put women on par with men…
"BEHIND every successful man, there's a woman".
I disagree.
It's "NEXT to every successful man, there's a woman"#KamiSokong#womensday pic.twitter.com/sOnxsOOi7L
— Syed Saddiq (@SyedSaddiq) March 8, 2017
We also have gifs being made to celebrate womanhood, left, right and center
Strong women lift each other up! @womensmarchlon #womensday pic.twitter.com/7aSQRA7XUv
— Roxy (@roxannezamagni) March 8, 2017
While Feminism accounts are blossoming and writing li’l couplets of courage
women are beautiful,
women are powerful. #womensday— Feminism (@WeNeedFeminlsm) March 8, 2017
We even got people making memes about female strength
Some of the illustrations I did for a project on my first year of uni #womensday pic.twitter.com/SiJirTmhkh
— ✨rad cat✨ (@sssatanic) March 8, 2017
So basically, pretty much everyone’s made it their top priority to talk about how important today is for women
Happy #womensday to all those women who face daily harassment,abuse & misogyny because we men don't do enough to stop it.
— Osama. (@ashaqeens) March 8, 2017
We even have controversial politicians chipping in on all the fun
We must not only fight to eradicate discrimination against women, we must also adhere to our Islamic values and treat women with respect
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 8, 2017
And let’s not forget news channels.
God bless news channels for such life changing headlines…
#Internationalwomensday is being observed today. pic.twitter.com/QgYxUs464h
— SAMAA TV (@SAMAATV) March 8, 2017
Wonderful isn’t it? That today women are finally given some attention?
You might not have noticed something, though. Something pretty dark about all ways women are being celebrated today.
And once you realize it, it’s a pretty sad state of affairs.
Here’s what’s wrong with all these “celebrations”, today
So if you want everyone to stop talking about it. Do something for women and the whole world will shut up. Till then happy whatever, guys. Same shit, different year.
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