ADVERTISEMENT

The world is celebrating International Women's Day. So you know what that means. Lithuanian police officers are probably giving tulips to female drivers again. But an online feminist community called the School of Feminism has suggested another cool way to commemorate the occasion.

Posters. The organization uploaded a series of designs to the internet, listing some of the biggest achievements that societies' have earned in their quest towards equality. "Thanks to feminists, women can vote, work, abort [their pregnancies], divorce [spouses], wear pants, read any book [they like], use birth control, take out a loan..." Anyone who wants to use the posters can download and print out the designs or simply share them online.

"There are still many rights to fight for to achieve real equality between women and men around the world," School of Feminism concluded. "Let's keep up the fight."

More info: schooloffeminism.org | Facebook | Instagram

#1

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
jodiellis avatar
KarmaQueen
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you to the pioneer women who pushed for the rights of women. I proudly stand as a woman knowing I have these rights because of them and their suffrage to get us where we are today

View more commentsArrow down menu

"There are many things [women can] thank feminism for," School of Feminism told Bored Panda. "From being able to vote to wearing pants, these are just a few obvious things that we do not consider on a day to day basis and that is why our simple and clear message has been so viral. But despite of all our achievements, we continue to live in a tremendously macho and unequal society. Do not forget that there still are many rights to fight for to achieve real equality throughout the world."

#2

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
layla-alsaady avatar
Lana
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first university in the world in Morocco has been founded by a woman. Just saying

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu

"Everyone has the potential to make a change in the world," they said. "When we released this series, we didn’t expect such a huge reaction because we didn’t have a community to share the project with." However, people in the internet found it despite the low like count on School of Feminism's social media pages. "We published the images on our personal accounts and they began to spread quickly."

In one week School of Feminism’s Instagram account has grown from 0 to 13k followers and their Facebook page has reached 21k, and the numbers keep climbing.

"We are receiving messages from all around the world, including Spain, Portugal, Mexico, France, Italy, Chile, Poland, Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, thanking us thanks and asking us to translate the posters into their native languages."

ADVERTISEMENT

"We’ve ignited a worldwide conversation about feminism, and people are actively commenting and sharing their points of view thought direct messages and comments. To us, this is a great achievement because there still are people who do not understand that Feminism, as Angela Davis said, 'is the radical idea that women are human beings.'"

"We firmly believe that through [active] communication we can translate the concepts of Feminism into something so simple, everyone will be able to understand and embrace it."

#3

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
dariazotova avatar
Daria Z
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For this, I cannot thank them enough! Pants (jeans in particular) are pretty much my only type of bottom-wear all year round =)

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu

After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women's Day on February 28, 1909, in New York, the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference suggested that Women's Day be held annually. After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. Then, socialist movements and communist countries began celebrating that day until it was officially adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.

#4

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
saholtlinda avatar
Linda Saholt
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have survived several marriages to men who demanded to have total control over every penny, and wanted to fight if I wanted to buy something with my own money. They are no longer a part of my life.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#5

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
emmajgarv avatar
CCL_2018
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a lot of tribes is was the women who hunted and women who were warriors too. Women's role in society as a worker has changed over the years for many reasons. Women went to work during war, because the men were not there to do it. Queen Elizabeth was a Mechanic during WWII.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT

The official theme for International Women's Day 2019 is: 'Think equal, build smart, innovate for change.' "At a time when innovation is dominant, shaping and changing the way people live in every part of the world, we have to be intentional about its use to positively impact the lives of women and girls," UN Women stated. "That means making sure they are not only consumers of innovation, but take their place as innovators. With their engagement, both design and execution of solutions can address the unique needs of women and girls, from the creation of decent work to delivery of products, services and infrastructure for women in all walks of life. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day, “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change” puts innovation at the centre of efforts to reflect the needs and viewpoints of women and girls and to resolve barriers to public services and opportunities."

ADVERTISEMENT
#9

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
kaisu-reinikainen avatar
Kaisu Rei
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's really wild to think that women ever needed permission from men in order to use birth control, that's just disgusting

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu

"Remoteness need no longer be an exclusion issue when mobile money technology and digital payments can deliver social benefits to even the most remote households. Lack of roads need not prevent life-saving medication from reaching patients, with smart inventions like 15-year old Nigerian Eno Ekanem’s drone to make drops to rural areas, controlled by SMS messaging."

ADVERTISEMENT
#11

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
thestarlingbird avatar
Kururi.Orihara
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also thank LGBTQ+ movements, they made same sex marriage legal!! Not all women want to marry males. :)

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu

According to the statement, women and girls must have opportunities to contribute to making real change, and help shape the policies, services and infrastructure that impact their lives. "As we have seen from recent marches for climate action in Europe and elsewhere—they are ready to do so."

#13

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
kamilkaczm avatar
kamil
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being able to run is one thing, not facing prejudice and sexism if you try is another.

View more commentsArrow down menu
#15

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
dariab_1 avatar
Daria B
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without this one, I wouldn't have been able to graduate university, as both my mom and dad took turns to take loans each year. Thanks mom and dad (and thanks to feminism too).

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
See Also on Bored Panda
#17

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
rebeccaburke avatar
Loki
Community Member
5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people think its "disgusting" to talk about it in public. I don't get why, it's natural, like "Oh, she sneezed in public! disgusting!" both are natural.(Edit: I'm a female, my friends and I talk about it.)

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#18

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
kaylawelch avatar
PandaPanda
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Feminists is about giving women rights. The right to make a choice. It's not about picking a side on a controversial topic.

suemoon avatar
Sue Moon
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone has to have the final say about abortion, and it only makes sense that it is the person who has to carry the fetus and the one who has to give birth.

charlestheflameduck avatar
Charles The Flame Duck
Community Member
5 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

having an abortion is like a train driver kicking off a passenger in the woods because there wasn't space on train. No one should have the right to kill because its convenient for them

Load More Replies...
dongpavdk avatar
DP von Icecream
Community Member
5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

?!?! you mean: thank you for the Separation of church and state, which allowed us (both men & women) to use our brains logically, live our lives & evolve instead of following teachings from a book of fiction :-)

leannedantoni avatar
Reginald Joseph
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are you saying women didn't lobby to have rights to their own bodies? Did you follow the abortion vote in Ireland? That was women out marching, talking, educating their butts off for the right to save their own lives.

Load More Replies...
mhsuom avatar
Smerv
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a perfect world there wouldn't be the need for abortions. But in this world there very much is. Purely medical reasons like fetus dying in utero or medical risk to the carrier are those we can't do anything. Proper support, daycare, financial and legal, proper sex education, affordable birth control -- things we can do

pusheenbuttercup avatar
pusheen buttercup
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't believe the post is picking sides, the way it is worded is "can"- not that you "have to"- and implied thank a feminist for the "choice"- choice is the ability to do either. :)

mintyminameow avatar
Meowton Mewsk
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Call it murder if you want. I’m happy to take out any foreign body that I don’t want using my own body as a host. You can’t force me to give a sick person my kidney and you damn sure can’t force me to give my uterus to a potential person. Anyone who is against abortion should be physically forced to donate their bodies to science immediately so others can live. Also, fact - abortion IS a form of birth control and it shouldn’t matter if you have had 1 or 100. That changes nothing.

mintyminameow avatar
Mewton’s Third Paw
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Camena, I’m very happy with women getting abortions if that’s what you’re asking. Why wouldn’t I be? Do you think a fetus or zygote is a baby? That might be why you’re so confused. We’re talking about unborn, not born.

Load More Replies...
avonleaarnette avatar
Catmeres
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whether you agree with it or not you are allowed to have a choice and that is something to be thankful for

dysamoria-accounts avatar
Jace
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn’t a solid right, “even in the USA”. It is constantly under assault by conservative politicians.

ustarizrodriguez avatar
Val/Malibu/Dante/Bob
Community Member
5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey Valerie Linares? Not sure if you’ll be able to read this but oh well. Can you do me a favour? Kindly shut up and leave if you dont like what you’re seeing. Abortion is so important. Imagine if you get raped. First, I don’t think rapists will make it enjoyable. It will most likely be painful and will hurt so much. Two, that can destroy someone mentally. You can’t even imagine the effects that being raped has on people. Three, now you have to go through nine months of pain. Not just physically but again mentally. People will just back away from you. Only a few people will help you through it. And then what if your financially unstable? Or if you’re too young? Sure you can let it be adopted but that crushes a child. That can absolutely ruin a child. My aunt is adopted and she...I can’t even talk about it. It’s just horrific.That creates a lasting pain. she took her life last month... and if you keep the child and raise it,how can you explain that it was never meant to be born?

gerry1of1 avatar
Gerry Higgins
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank a Liberal you mean. There are many conservative Feminists that don't agree with abortion.

emilyjones_1 avatar
Yael
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not "American Women's Day", it's International Women's Day!!

Load More Replies...
anna_holloway avatar
Anna Holloway
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bad graphic. Focuses on the “baby” aspect of abortion, rather than the choice to not be pregnant at any given time.

natasha_mee avatar
Natasha
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My parents didn't plan me at that time, they weren't even married. But I happened! :D And I'm forever grateful that I can live! :)

hamiltontrash36 avatar
Lizzie the Crayon
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, I know some people chose to get an abortion, and even if they cant afford to have a kid, leave them on the step of an Orpanage or something, I dont understand why someone would purposely kill a person before theyve had a chance to be born, unless there are like, final issues or something...

tinklyatom avatar
tinklyatom
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lizzie. There is absolutely no need for you to understand why a person is getting an abortion. It's their very personal business, not yours.

Load More Replies...
aurolyn2 avatar
Aurolyn Luykx
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Terrible picture for this point -- it shows what appears to be a full-grown fetus. Most abortions occur in the first 3 months of pregnancy.

gregs18348 avatar
Greg Schaper
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And be sure to thank the seven Supreme Court Justices who voted for Roe vs. Wade.

maggiec2ditto avatar
Maggie Collins
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course no one is in favor of abortion, but circumstances cause us to make hard decisions.

mintyminameow avatar
Mewton’s Third Paw
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m in favor of it. It isn’t a hard decision for everyone. That’s just propaganda.

Load More Replies...
kikipcktt avatar
Kiki O'Kellern
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

well.....not easily, not everywhere, and not every woman who wants/needs one. Our reproductive rights are still a fecking battleground.

natasha_mee avatar
Natasha
Community Member
4 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

oliviag avatar
QueenOlive
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really don't like women saying they can have an abortion because "my uterus is mine" That's like saying "I can kill this child i put in my garage...because it's my garage

laurahabermehl avatar
Laura Habermehl
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As soon as a child, or fetus, if you like, is conceived, it has its own unique DNA. That DNA is the instruction manual for how that baby will grow and form into its older self, its gender, hair colour, eye colour, height, build, and all other factors. Unique DNA means it is a unique individual person. This means that Pro-lifers believe that terminating a fetus is exactly the same as killing a newborn. That is truth to us. Can you see why that is bothersome? Everybody gives the excuse that we cant force women to carry a child. Why? We force people not to kill each other. We force parents to take care if their children. Sure, rape or health risk factors are an issue, but a not the majority of abortions. Im talking about women who dont want a baby because it will ruin their chance at an education, or a marriage, or financial stability. But that isn'tworth taking the life of an unborn baby or fetus. The basis of the pro-life and pro-choice argument is whether or not that fetus is a human life equal to that of one outside of the womb. Pro-life think it is, pro-choice think it isnt. Thats the only thing that needs to be discussed. There is no proof that a fetus is not its own person. People say its just a lump of cells, well so are we. That fetus deserves rights, just as grown women deserve their rights, because at conception it exists now and it is a human being. And Frankenfrogg, I cant believe that I have to explain this to other women. You have no proof that that fetus is not a human being and how dare you take its life in such a vulnerable stage.

laurahabermehl avatar
Laura Habermehl
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, lots of downvotes. Lol I guess i just haven't seen it maybe. Can I ask what kind of religious arguments they use that you've seen? (Honestly asking to be informed)

lee_cannard avatar
Lee Cannard
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's not forget that at least half of aborted babies are female... We should all thank our mother for not aborting us.

lee_cannard avatar
Lee Cannard
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do like that the author chose to picture a baby connected by an umbilical cord to the "o" in abortion. Show it like it is.

Load More Replies...
lightfury18 avatar
camena
Community Member
5 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

thank them so people can kill unborn babies? no thanks!

mintyminameow avatar
belenmprice avatar
Belén Márquez
Community Member
5 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Well...this is the one I do not agree. You get your right by killing someone else or somenthing else weather you like or not

kingdomseeker_633 avatar
Valerie Linares
Community Member
5 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Yes, feminism, thank you for giving a woman a "right" to murder her unborn, innocent child... #sarcasm

stanley_6 avatar
View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#19

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
no1cares-487 avatar
Rosie Gal
Community Member
5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All ladies in the military, I respect y'all!!

View more commentsArrow down menu
#20

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
dariazotova avatar
Daria Z
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nobody does it in public here in Russia, mostly because it's too intimate a process for any strangers to see. Though I don't understand how this can be considered disgusting by anyone :-|

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu
#21

Thank-Feminist-Equality-Rights

School of Feminism Report

Add photo comments
POST
the_mysterious_lady_analyn avatar
Analyn Lahr
Community Member
5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But a woman still can't walk around topless like a man can. Edit: I wasn't choosing sides, I was just pointing something out. And not because it's illegal or whatever but because women wouldn't feel safe doing so in places a man might be seen without a shirt.

View More Replies...
View more commentsArrow down menu