March is Women’s History Month, and March 8 is International Women’s Day! Here are resources that celebrate women all around the world.
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Books
Movies
Women owned businesses
Clothing
Books
Classic book that was one of the first to describe “the problem with no name”, the barriers in thinking and social norms that have kept women from knowing their full selves and living into their full potential.
The Feminine Mystique
An exploration of what it means to be a feminist in modern times, by an amazing author
We Should All Be Feminists
“so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems.”
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
I love everything Rebecca Solnit writes! In this book she talks about how men typically assume they know things and women don’t.
Men Explain Things to Me Updated Edition
A very dystopic take on women’s equality
The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
An incredibly important book - “How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others?”
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Another seminal text. “From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women.”
Women, Race & Class
Movies
“As America stood on the brink of a Second World War, the push for aeronautical advancement grew ever greater, spurring an insatiable demand for mathematicians. Women were the solution. …but conspicuously missing from this story of female achievement...
Hidden Figures
Erica Gornall explores a world she’s aware that most audiences here are unfamiliar with, that of the women of Saudi Arabia as they move towards gender equality and freedom.
Saudi Women’s Driving School
Women owned businesses
The best leggings ever. Made from plastic bottles, they hold their shape and do not fall down or bunch in odd places. I’ve had mine for many years!
Home – Girlfriend Collective
Simply great underwear for all kinds of bodies
tomboyx | Premium Underwear For Progressive People
Always the prettiest things!
Jungalow
The lightest sunscreen ever and doesn't leave you feeling greasy!
Supergoop! The Best Skincare with SPF and Sunscreen
