ALSO HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!!! on this day, i want you to remember something:
Feminism is not about becoming a "man". It is about having the same rights as them. It's about having an opinion about your issues and not be oppressed by men.
Feminism is not a trend, it is a fight for justice and rights that has been going on for centuries.
"What about the men? What about their issues?" Men are allowed to have issues. However, men need to realize that you already enjoy so many privileges. You're the one who set this system up for yourself. Why are you complaining then? Why do you want to be oppressed so bad?
You are not superior when you claim "Oh, i am not like those feminists. I am not like other girls." The fact that you are putting your gender down like that is shameful.
You being transphobic to transwomen doesn't make you cool or "I don't want to support this new bullshit trend." It is not a trend. Transwomen have existed as long as humans. There is very little representation in history is due to transphobia and people straight up denying trans existence. In some Asian countries including mine, Transwomen are considered form of goddesses and their blessings are very powerful.
A housewife is just as much valid as a full-time working woman . A woman working on a farm is as much valid as a woman working in a big corporate.
A woman who wants child is as much valid as a woman who wants none. A woman who wants a perfect marriage is as much valid as a woman who would like to spend her life alone.
In Italy International Women's Day is known as La Festa della Donna. The Mimosa flower which blooms at this time of year has become a universal symbol and is given to women on this day. Giving mimosas is not considered a romantic gesture but one of solidarity. Mimosa seems like a delicate flower, but in fact is very resistant and can grow anywhere, even in the harshest of environments. Sound familiar?
They're also bright yellow, the color of happiness and sunshine, and they're used in traditional herbal medicine for its calming and steadying properties.
It is said that Teresa Mattei, one of Italy’s first women in Italian politics was responsible for making the mimosa the symbol of Women’s Day in 1946. As a schoolgirl, Mattei was suspended from school for criticizing the anti-Semitic laws adopted by fascist Italy. At 25 years old she became the youngest to be elected to the Constituent Assembly and later became national director of the Italian Women’s Union. In France the violet flower was used to represent women’s solidarity, but Mattei decided on the Mimosa for Italy noting, “it’s a humble flower and can be found everywhere here in the countryside.”
Mamie Johnson was born on September 27, 1935. When she was only seven years old, she would play baseball every day. At 17 years old, Ms. Johnson was rejected as a team member by the white Female Baseball League. This unfair treatment and prejudice became her own victory. She proclaimed, "If I had played with white girls, I would have been just another player, but now I am somebody who has done something that no other woman has done."
In 1953, at the age of 19, she became a member of the Indianapolis Clowns baseball club and pitched for three years. That same year, Johnson finished with an 11-3 record. In 1954, she went 10-1, and in 1955, she finished 12-4. She hit between .252 and .284 in each season. When she wasn’t pitching, she played second base. During her tenure, she won 33 games and lost 8 games. Her batting average ranged from .262 to .284. Of this opportunity, she exclaimed, "Just to know that you were among some of the best male ballplayers that ever picked up the bat, made all of my baseball moments great moments."
For two seasons as a member of the Clowns, Johnson was a teammate of future home run leader Hank Aaron. She also credits her pitching success to a lesson she learned from “Satchel” Paige who taught Johnson to throw her curveball. “He just showed me how to grip the ball to keep from throwing my arm away, ‘cause I was so little.”
“Peanut” Johnson was one of three women, and the first female pitcher, to play in the Negro Leagues.
She was a licensed nurse for 30 years after her baseball playing days. Mamie Johnson died on December 18, 2017, in a Washington, D.C.