Bread and roses
International Women's Day is March 8th — tomorrow, at the time of publishing this post. For me, it is a day to be political: Women hold up half the sky (a Chinese proverb or maybe just propaganda by Mao Zedong, I'm not sure) and we make up 50% of the world's population (according to multiple sources), yet we continue to be sidelined from genuine power and influence in almost every sphere. Sure, women are in leadership positions all over, but we have yet to break serious glass ceilings in the world of politics: talk to Hillary Clinton or Kim Campbell, for example — even Jacinda Arden who did get the top job has left it and I wonder just how challenging it was to be a youngish woman and new mother leading New Zealand; it's not like the socio-cultural infrastructure changed overnight when she was elected back in 2017. And in the world of sport: Talk to Canada's national women's soccer team, for example. And in the world generally: Talk to the women of Iran or an in