A Very Special Women’s Day
*The following post might contain a few triggering words.*
*One raw image of the manifestation (NSFW)*
feminism
Feminism is for ALL women, fat, poor, trans, indigenous, black, with disabilities, women who are considered unattractive by the heteropatriarchy, ALL women are fighting for each other and it is such a big honor for me to be able to capture all the beauty in it.
Quote and picture by Fernanda von Rodlo
Acknowledging a movement that involves not just one person but rather thousands, it’s easier, or at least most of us would say so. Though, this is different.
On this week, even if the actual day of celebrating and praising womxn has passed, I want to share my thoughts about an extraordinary movement that needs more than celebration. It needs recognition! It might be just a simple action to say “happy women’s day” to people you know, but what about the terror that some of us live every day in my country because of the lack of acknowledgment from a certain government —if you get what I mean.
Let me take you back in time to a unique country, Mexico. In 2020, the women’s community all over the nation, and including everyone who identifies as a woman, decided to take action in their own hands because we decided that it was enough. The murder and aggression towards us have never seized because the country is, until this day, misogynistic, sexist, and many other negative adjectives. Please, don’t get me wrong, there a bunch of things to be proud of being from this nation, but this isn’t one of them; actually, it overshadows it, making the positive changes and take actions to be forgotten.
On March 8th, every woman went out to the streets, manifesting to the government all of the wrongs they have done and making them notice what our power could do. But, on March 9th, all the country stopped; all of my sisters, including me, decided that we couldn’t work, study, buy, or enjoy anything; these actions were so normal to everyone, but we decided that stopping would make a HUGE difference when none of us did all of the common actions in a country that wasn’t able to listen and respond for all the fear that inflicted on a lot of women.
We want us alive and free
A very realistic phrase resonating with our movement.
Picture by Fernanda von Rodlo
By the spread of terror, I mean that all of us cannot go walking freely and safely no more, let alone party, walk at night, dress, or act a certain way because the State is not making anyone responsible for all that has been done to us. However, the story doesn’t end here because this year, we protested again, and on March 9th of the present year, we stopped the nation again. People, I tell you that countless actions are to be told, and a list of goals to make changes is to be accomplished. Still, for now, a little insight into this unique story can make a lot of difference by letting you know about this movement to make its recognition meaningful, as it is my purpose of writing about it. And though I am no expert like some of my sisters leading this crusade in the front line, I wanted to contribute this way by making people in other countries aware of what was, and still is, happening on an extraordinary woman’s day.
This is a remarkable way of standing up for what’s right, and for all my sisters who are gone, because this was not in vain, their efforts represent steps in our movement for what we believe and what we deserve. People will listen to us, and many will join the movement to respond to our calling. And so, I express my profound gratitude to this platform, Dream on Youth, because through this community, the word will spread, and the acknowledgment of the movement towards a feminist country will keep growing.
People, remember that in Dream on Youth, we love you and support you! Until next time <3
This is us
Picture by Fernanda von Rodlo
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