(Note, this is the same rant I have done the last years BUT since this in increasly bad, I put it here as well because what the actually fuck...)
Another year and another #Internationalwomensday.
I don’t want any congratulations from men today either. Just as every other year.
It´s freaking exhausting to be a women today. I see some that say that we should be celebrations the progress over the years but I do not feel to celebrate basic human rights. I never take them for grantet but I do not want to celebrate them in a time where our rights are under a constant treat.
From women being targeted in conflicts and war, to loosing our rights to our own bodies, to getting our voices silenced and our rights removed.
We are going backwards to a time where women had no rights and were depended of their men and where feminism is being seen as extreme AGAIN.
(Seriously, feminism is the reason I can sit and write this, that I can have a job, my own money, an education and own property. If you see that as extreme, you are part of the problem.)
I´m so angry and tore over this but from that anger and tiredness comes determination,strong mer than ever.
I will stand with my sisters every day, with everyone that are woman and I know that we have to fight even harder now. Because the fight will never end in a world like this.
Our rights are human rights and I swear to god that I will do anything in my power to stop the backwards development happening now.
I want to be able to tell the ones coming after me that we fought and that we did not only tried but we won.
And to all men on this day, I just copy an old rant….
- I want to see you lift up women around you. For the work, they are doing every day, both at work and at home. Take today as a start to tell them how great they are and how they are inspiring you. (And please, don’t tell us that we are beautiful today.)
- I want to see you fight for that women will have equal pay as men.
- I want to see you raise your voice when your female colleagues again are skipped over for a raise or a promotion. I want to see you fight for having more women in your team and for our voices to be heard.
- I want to see you fight for that women shall have the right to our own bodies. What we want to do with it is our choice. And I want you as a man to read up about what happens to the female body after giving birth, especially if you are planning to have kids in the future.
- I want to see you fight against slutshaming and against a structure where women are viewed as objects and looked down upon. Be that uncomfortable person that says that your male friends' sexist jokes are not funny.
- I want to see you fight against the structure that diminishes womens work to nothing and where men take credit for a womens work over and over again. Always give your female colleagues cred and fight for their right to be as awesome as they are.
- I want to see you fight for taking your parental leave and doing your part in raising your kids. I want you to know what your kids favorite color are, what their friends name are and that you know where all the things in the household are. Be that partner.
- I want to see you fight for the fucking obvious that a women should never ever be critizised for choosing to have a career instead of kids. And that a woman should never ever be criticized for choosing to have kids instead of a career.
- I want to see you lift up women of color and LBTQ+ women a bit extra because we are having a fucking hard time as it is.
Don’t pull those “harmless” racist jokes, stop exotifying us to sexy dreams and just stop the norm against how bisexual, lesbian and trans women are viewed.
And then you continue to do this.
All year around. And you will not stop because it feels hard. You take a break, rest and then continue.
Because women are taking this fight 24/7, 365 days a year.
And I would really like to feel that I do not have to fight so hard for a world where me and my sisters' rights are constantly under threat. I should not have to fight for my right to have a voice, to grow, and to feel.
So on this day,
Don’t give me congratulations
Don’t tell me to chill.
Don’t make cringe jokes.
Stand next to me and give me and my sister the rights we deserve.

