08/03/2026
Dear Women, I love you and celebrate you always BUT I love you everyday and honestly, please stop telling each other to have a "Happy" International Women’s Day.
Originally, this was a day born out of protest and power for women's liberation and like all things related to women, its fire has been dampened, it has been sanitised by the powers that be (in this case the UN) and made paltable for the patriarchy!
A day like today, in the current world that we're finding ourselves in, tricks people into performative activism where they feel like they’ve supported women, without actually changing anything for them at all!
A day that looks good in monthly office memos and ticks bu****it boxes, a day that raises the spirits but leads nowhere with substance...
Sorry to say, but for me there is nothing happy about a world where power still protects predators and equality is estimated to be some 130 years away. And so, I'm just not about to promote it when it serves the same system that oppresses us 🤷🏻♀️
If the world cared about women, we’d be acting for the liberation of ALL women and girls. The ones in the shelters, the ones forced to hide themselves away, the ones who've been silenced and assaulted, the ones who are exploited, undervalued, underpaid, the ones trapped in trafficking and the ones the justice system continues to ignore the world over.
But too often we forget about THOSE women on these days whilst congratualting ourselves from our privileged positions and frankly, we seem to be going backwards right now!
So, f**k the flowers, the banners and the celebration; I’d prefer to see this entire broken system burn to its knees 🔥 and If you're going to support this day, go support grass roots causes that are doing the real work. Here are a few:
Equality Now
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)
Womankind Worldwide
Million Women Rise
Sisters Uncut
Until we are all free, none of us are 💪🏻
Liz ###