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#InternationalWomensDay yesterday was a big deal. Ladies across the globe protested, taking to the streets to fight for equality or wearing red in support. But here at PGP…well, some of us took it seriously, some of us used it as an excuse to wear red even though it washes us out, and some of us didn’t do shit. Here is how some of your favorite PGP ladies recognized the day:
Like many, I could not take off work for the day, but I displayed my modern day feminism by wearing red for the cause. In my school, I would say almost all of my colleagues, most of them women, were wearing red too. (Except for Janice, because she’s a bitch.) This, of course, prompted about 25 small humans to ask, “Why is everyone wearing red?” My school had a pre-written message that we had to share with students, should it come up. The only issue was that the generalized statement promoted a few follow up questions, to which I had no answers:
“So why are we at school if it’s a holiday today?”
If my mom is on strike, does that mean my dad is going to make dinner?”
Luckily, our conversation turned, and we were able to discuss important and influential females in the past and today. As with everything that I do, some of the kids actually “got it.” Or at least that’s what I’ll tell myself.
This year, I went into work for a few hours to make sure my bosses didn’t burn the place down. Then I got tf out of there, went home, and had some quality time with my vibrator. Happy International Women’s Day to me and my vagina.
I’m sure this will come as a HUGE shock to you since I live in D.C. and am very politically active, but I am all about International Women’s Day and A Day Without A Woman; I am all about ladies helping ladies! Unfortunately, I had planned a trip months ago that required me to be traveling all day yesterday, so while I wasn’t at work, it didn’t really feel as symbolic as I wanted it to. Instead, I had to find alternative ways to observe the day while traveling. Here’s a list of things I did to celebrate the awesome achievements of women and raise awareness for the plight and inequality of women globally:
1.) Wore red. Red was the official color of the day, so I wore my reddest red sweater dress all through the four hour car ride and subsequent four hour plane trip to show my support.
2.) Only consumed media written/created/produced by women. I watched Whiskey Tango Foxtrot with/by Tina Fey (unexpectedly fantastic- 10/10 would recommend) and read “Truly Madly Guilty” by Liane Moriarty (didn’t finish, but so far I’m hooked).
3.) Way overtipped my female airport bartender. This one is slightly facetious, but we toasted to IWD, so I think it counts.
4.) Had a casual drunk conversation about modern feminism, privilege, and regaining agency with my ladies group text (we’re from D.C., what did you expect?)
5.) Donated to my favorite lady-centric nonprofit. It wasn’t much, but I wanted to do something concrete!
6.) Wrote an article about what International Women’s Day and A Day Without A Woman means to me.
All I did was go to school, I have nothing to talk about.
I tweeted this:
Which was partially in jest, but partially true. One day out of the office and I generally come back to a clusterfuck, so it’s generally just easier to go to work. Plus, I work at a company that provides an amazing amount of maternity leave, free feminine products in the restroom, and lets me take paid-not-counted-as-vacation-days to volunteer with the women’s group I work with, so I feel like I have it better than a lot of my fellow females. That being said, my company is still three-fourths male and most of the time I feel like I have to yell to be heard over the dick-comparison contests our meetings often become, so I definitely wore red yesterday..
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Jenna Crowley
Jenna used to be known as 2NOTBrokeGirls, but then one of the girls actually went broke, so she's struck out on her own. Jenna spends her free time saving the world, one sorority girl at a time (usually while wearing yoga pants), questioning why she decided to get a doctorate, documenting her love of all things cheese related, and hosting the new PGP podcast Don't Take It From Us. You can ask her anything you want about football, using your boobs to get what you want, and pizza at @JennaLCrowley on Twitter or via email at JennaLCrowley@gmail.com.
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Thanks ladies of PGP for making our lives better with quality content. Without you guys who knows what dark turn us guys would have taken this place to.
Probably just turn into a bunch of penis jokes.
[fart noise]
I got my girlfriend flowers and she thought it was because I was apologizing for a fight we had earlier so I pulled an audible and said it was for both.
Winning?
Gold star Bill! That was sweet of you.
I’m just going to eat my popcorn and watch similar comments roll in like all the ones I saw on twitter yesterday. I guess it’s easier for some people to mock a day recognizing women, than reaching out to the women in their lives they love/respect/admire and let them know they are proud to know them.
I’m more of a pursed lips head nod kinda guy, that’s the most anyone will ever get out of me
Someone turned the heat on in the office after Rory’s vibrator comment…
Women in my office got a free PTO day if they wanted it – looking forward to mine in November for #equality, right?
Should’ve said that you identify as a woman.
Being single and under 30, probably would get a raise
Bush’s anti-war protesters, occupy wall street, black lives matter, and now this. It’s all the same people at the top using a different host to push their nonsense and make themselves rich.
Glad I married a woman who knows this is all bullshit, who went to work yesterday, closed two deals, added to her commission bonus for the month, then came home and made homemade gnocchi and sauce from scratch for dinner.
But enjoy your pussy hats.
I think you’re caring too much about something that doesn’t affect you.
You would be correct.
Yeah what a shitty thing that a group of people would want to take a day to celebrate and demonstrate their contribution to society. The nerve of some people.
Please. It takes about 5 seconds to read the signs and listen to the speakers at these rallies to realize it’s all political.
Well yeah, it’s basically just your Facebook newsfeed played out in real life.
As the father to a daughter and husband to a successful wife, I am all for women and equality. But I don’t get what this protest/day is about. Us men is dum. Tell us what you want. Otherwise it’s the equivalent of “I’m fine, I just would have thought you would appreciate us more” that us men don’t have any clue how to respond to.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot was a film I feel didn’t get any attention at all, highly recommend.
Eh… I feel like it tried to be the entire series of MASH all at once, so the tonal clashes were too much. Still solid, but that was a big problem I had with it.
“Let’s protest the wage gap (doesn’t exist, btw) by leaving work because we can! Not to mention the women in third world countries who can’t leave work because if they did their children would starve, but no, in going home and pleasuring myself because fuck men.” A lack of humility. Be thankful you have a job and work your ass off. I’m out!