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International Woman's Day 2021
Mar. 8th, 2021 08:32 amThis year’s theme is Choose to Challenge.
Change can come from challenge.
From the International Woman’s Day website, “A challenged is an alert world. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality.”
This is the 110th year of International Woman’s Day.
They are asking people to take a selfie with a raised hand to "show your commitment to choose to challenge inequality, call out bias, question stereotypes, and help forge an inclusive world," and use the hashtags #choosetochallenge and #IWD2021
I plan on doing so later today.
I would like to thank all the women who have gone before me allowing me to do all the things I can do now that I could not 110 years ago.
Those women challenged what was consider the societal norm and broke the barriers they faced.
I try to do the same.
I think one of the things I did to change of thinking of what was normal was being the first woman to work in several comic book shops. It was hard to convince the owners that I wasn’t a fake and knew my stuff. After I got the job, they found that I did know about comics and various fandoms and was an amazing organizer. I could get women who came in with their boyfriends and husbands to read comics as well. I was very good at finding a comic that suited the person. I made the shop feel more welcoming for everyone. Since then at least half of the employees at those shops are female.
I am grateful for all the woman who have broken barriers.
Change can come from challenge.
From the International Woman’s Day website, “A challenged is an alert world. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality.”
This is the 110th year of International Woman’s Day.
They are asking people to take a selfie with a raised hand to "show your commitment to choose to challenge inequality, call out bias, question stereotypes, and help forge an inclusive world," and use the hashtags #choosetochallenge and #IWD2021
I plan on doing so later today.
I would like to thank all the women who have gone before me allowing me to do all the things I can do now that I could not 110 years ago.
Those women challenged what was consider the societal norm and broke the barriers they faced.
I try to do the same.
I think one of the things I did to change of thinking of what was normal was being the first woman to work in several comic book shops. It was hard to convince the owners that I wasn’t a fake and knew my stuff. After I got the job, they found that I did know about comics and various fandoms and was an amazing organizer. I could get women who came in with their boyfriends and husbands to read comics as well. I was very good at finding a comic that suited the person. I made the shop feel more welcoming for everyone. Since then at least half of the employees at those shops are female.
I am grateful for all the woman who have broken barriers.
