International Women’s Day: Quotes and memes to celebrate gender equality
Each year International Women's Day gathers momentum. Why? Because women are becoming more empowered than ever before to stand up for their rights and be heard.
Take a look at what's happened over the last two years... In January 2017 we saw the inaugural Women's March in protest against Donald Trump's presidency take on globally; in October that year, a number of Hollywood actresses came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against industry heavyweight Harvey Weinstein, which began a tidal wave of claims against both him and other men in Hollywood.
Last year the women of Hollywood took a stand against injustice with the Time's Up movement - raising funds to help fight the legal battles of women who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace - and Emma Gonzalez became the face of the #NeverAgain movement in the States - the student-run gun control organisation fighting for more stringent laws on gun ownership - following the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Yes, it's been quite a year for women. And so what better time to celebrate all the wonderful women in your life than on International Women's Day?
Here are some of the best quotes and memes.
1. Before you ask, yes there is an International Men's Day
Happy #InternationalWomensDay the day where we have to endure this sentence:
‘Why isn’t there an International Men’s Day’
It’s Monday, 19 November
take your jokes and go pic.twitter.com/NNRnsnE8Az— Callie (@CallieThorpe)
2. The passage that sums up every woman's mood in 2018
Happy International Women’s Day #IWD2018 👩🏾⚕️👩🏻🏫👩🏻🏭👩🏼💻👩🏽🎤👩🏼🍳🧕🏼👩🏻🎓👩🏽🎨👩🏼⚖️👩🏻🚀👩🏿✈️ pic.twitter.com/PNgUYKEeoZ
— Lang Leav (@langleav)
3. Let's all abide by Leslie Knope's wise words
Leslie Knope, give us strength 🙌 https://t.co/AqUdC3jGs2 pic.twitter.com/zxlFXdVf43
— Women's March Store (@WOmensMarchShop)
4. The re-wording of an already perfect quote
A post shared by The Equality Institute (@theequalityinstitute) on Jan 21, 2018 at 9:08pm PST
5. The meme that perfectly encapsulates prejudice against feminists
6. Always remember to have this level of confidence
Carry yourself w/the confidence of a girl holding a massive owl. pic.twitter.com/swR8EllYwO
— Rebecca Slatkin (@RebeccaSlatkin)
7. Our kind of coffee
8. Those hours were well-spent
Spent about 15 hours stitching this feminist art meme 😂 pic.twitter.com/evK0s3R6ke
— Hanecdote 💞 (@Hanecdote)
9. Kid's cartoons adding that extra level of shade
10. While tiring, we persist
Another long day of fighting the patriarchy. pic.twitter.com/qphwfNBPYX
— Andrea Gibson (@andreagibson)
11. Where can we get ourselves one of these?
gonna take down the patriarchy with my pic.twitter.com/7Njjzp2tBU
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz)
12. All the women out there put your hands up
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 💪🏽💘 pic.twitter.com/q4lcENicSq
— Claudia Wright (@CLAUDIAWRIGHTx)
13. Very #thankful for all the incredible women in our lives
Me thinking about driven, goal oriented women with loud personalities and opinions who strive everyday to educate/better themselves and have solidarity with other women pic.twitter.com/Hl2xQ1lvhA
— (*^▽^)/ (@olemacdon)
Happy International Women's Day!