Hello, I'm TheImpossible1 and welcome to International Women's Day Trashpile. Pick up your antidepressants, load up your archive sites and strap yourselves in for just under 24 hours of gaslighting bullshit.
Yes, I stole this intro from a random YouTube video I got suggested.
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Germany begins their "Feminist Foreign Policy" today.
Italian state media will dedicate their entire programming schedule to Women's Day today.
Japan talks about their initiatives to get more women in STEM.
It seems to me that this is the day when everyone suddenly remembers of the importance of women, but it shouldn't only happen one day a year.
I can't imagine the fucking audacity of the cowards who fled a warzone to leave men to pick up the pieces and fight a war overwhelmingly and nearly solely supported by women in power and their allies, telling people that women aren't worshipped enough. Go catch a Russian bullet.
UK announces "Feminist Foreign Policy" - More Feminine Way Worldwide would have been a better name.
UK holds a meeting on the "dangers of porn"
UK Labour commits to review of "gender pay gap increases"
UN ally accidentally shares data showing women are highly overrepresented in education.
On #IWD2023 I honour the women that are an inspiration to us all. The women of Ukraine. Those who, by joining the army, smashed a glass ceiling over the head of the Russian invaders and those who have become unbreakable forces for good, like (Olena Zelenska)
USAID commits to "investing in developing countries through a gendered lens."
We need more women in leadership positions, they have the skills vital in times of crisis, (ECB Chair) Lagarde adds. "Fewer testosterone, smaller egos--that helps." #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2023
Corporates
AS Roma - Selling an item where the proceeds go to domestic violence charities that likely exclude male victims and support female abusers who kill. No point in giving benefit of the doubt, all women's "safety" organizations are like that.
Creative Assembly - Posted a list of shady women's NGOs to donate to.
EA - Added Women's Day content to FIFA.
Enjin - Women's Day NFTs, anyone? The funny thing is, NFTs are a good analogy to women. It doesn't matter how many times people tell you they have value, their intrinsic value is zero, because the contract you signed doesn't stop someone "right clicking your NFT" if you get what I'm saying.
Epic Games - Dedicated five Fortnite shop sections to female skins to commemorate March 8th.
General Electric - The Future is Female, says the warmongering military contractor.
Tencent - Posted a women's day message about women in tech. China bends the knee.
God I can't fucking stand this cunt, or any Ukrainian woman for that matter, all a bunch of ungrateful cunts.
You don't know the half of it.
Who's initiative is this?
https://dashboard.commitments.generationequality.org/directory/
Type "Ukraine" into the search and it'll come up.
China has a birth rate problem. They are going to pat them on the head and get them to start having babies again.
That never works though. They see kindness as a weakness to exploit.
Can I listen to a radio station today without being lectured on how I am the wrong gender, how I should be ashamed for oppressing the correct gender and how I should step down from my position of power purely because of how I was born? I just want to listen to music without the politics, is that too much to ask?
Corporates have been weirdly quiet today. It's been all various countries announcing terrible policy ideas.
This is not even that long of a list. I recall there used to be dozens of companies on lists like this.
I stopped keeping track of the virtue signals unless they funded something or the company was notable. The list would probably have breached the word count if I hadn't.
Surprisingly little in the way of actual action from anyone except the UK, which went full More Feminine Way that day, announcing everything from changes to foreign policy to a plan to ban porn.