Women of #nzpol Twitter roundup: International Women’s Day

Yesterday was International [Working] Women’s Day, and NZ Twitter celebrated it in appropriate fashion by multi-tasking the shit out of it.

We talked aaaaaaaaaaall the issues:

Declaring that women presenting their naked bodies to the world on their own terms is a bad example to other women, is slut shaming.

— UrFavSamplerBiscuit (@bekathrills) March 8, 2016

Top 10 best-paid CEOs in the public sector? All men. Bottom 5? All women. Sigh. #IWD2016 https://t.co/Z2KLYmhKSe

— stories from the city (@mizjwilliams) March 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/allygarrett/status/706990634960162816

https://twitter.com/allygarrett/status/706994634275184640

https://twitter.com/Madicattt/status/707033861398528000

https://twitter.com/__catpower/status/707039271413125120

We stand up for all women. #IWD2016 pic.twitter.com/rZQc2TgX5Z

— Sarah Lin (@_writehanded_) March 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/PINKYFANG/status/706932457375793152

https://twitter.com/megahbite/status/706932041057566720

https://twitter.com/chrissybrown/status/707000850405691392

https://twitter.com/PCGoneRad/status/707013307119472640

https://twitter.com/seawall/status/706950149822554112

On sexism in STEM(/life): ‘bad apples so rare they have been encountered by every single woman I know.’ https://t.co/dCOxZnptGp

— Jess (@theJDuce) March 7, 2016

We gave helpful advice:

For International Womens' Day here are the two best bits of advice i received from smart women…

— Aunty Wah Wah 🔝🧜‍♀️ (@_surlymermaid_) March 8, 2016

2. You can have it all. Or not. It’s ok to not have it all. Or not want it all,or only want some, or to change your mind & want other things

— Aunty Wah Wah 🔝🧜‍♀️ (@_surlymermaid_) March 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/ColeyTangerina/status/706948313560408064

https://twitter.com/ColeyTangerina/status/706950071581941761

On this #IWD2016 let's recognise unpaid work. Like answering men's questions about feminism. Here's my rate card. pic.twitter.com/bXSqeStAlb

— stories from the city (@mizjwilliams) March 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/LI_politico/status/706950318215401472

https://twitter.com/GrumpyYetAmusin/status/706931946182430720

https://twitter.com/nz_sim/status/706930163586478080

We listened to badass music:

https://twitter.com/johubris/status/706974074279370752

https://twitter.com/meganjwhelan/status/707049730845478914

And here’s a shameless plug for my own Women in Metal playlist:

We wrote smart stuff:

https://twitter.com/meganjwhelan/status/706963576842391552

https://twitter.com/alexkc/status/707039028101558273

https://twitter.com/BeeFaerie/status/707127539290877952

http://thehandmirror.blogspot.co.nz/2016/03/this-international-womens-day-dont-miss.html

Our GIF game was thoroughly on point:

https://twitter.com/Madicattt/status/707036072086081538

https://twitter.com/LI_politico/status/706965919377928192

https://twitter.com/beingahouse/status/706964745299988482

We bowed down to Kim Kardashian’s world-beating skill at exposing douchebag men and their faux-feminist misogyny with one selfie:

https://twitter.com/ColeyTangerina/status/707036168714461185

https://twitter.com/__catpower/status/707037469548498944

We posted pics:

https://twitter.com/FoxMarama/status/707011842376216576

I am reminded of this every day in my office where my fabulous companion takes pride of place #PledgeForParity pic.twitter.com/hU3SP1yfaR

— Sue Moroney (@suemoroney) March 8, 2016

Amongst other things 🙂 #PledgeForParity pic.twitter.com/tMzgDVLwJi

— Jan Logie (@janlogie) March 8, 2016

On International Women's its good to remember that women still earn less than men in NZ. Time for #PledgeForParity pic.twitter.com/JPndiyNFyx

— Megan Woods (@Megan_Woods) March 8, 2016

We tried to bend light in different ways to end sexism:

.@LouiseUpston I'm curious, how exactly does 'women becom[ing] more visible' bring about gender equality (or, you know, feminism)? #IWD2016

— Lizzie Marvelly (@LizzieMarvelly) March 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/Dovil/status/706929386537095168

https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/706923102416936961

https://twitter.com/LI_politico/status/706940828699070464

We got all Parliamentary:

Proud to be debating paid parental leave improvements in Parliament on International Women's Day. A little progress!#PledgeForParity

— Sue Moroney (@suemoroney) March 8, 2016

@janlogie: why is it that since Key removed the Woman's Affairs portfolio from Cabinet, the gender pay gap has increased?

— Metiria Turei (@Metiria_Turei) March 8, 2016

@janlogie asks whether Key will put Min of Womans Affaris back in Cabinet & National MPs, incl the women laugh like its a joke

— Metiria Turei (@Metiria_Turei) March 8, 2016

And some of us took one for the team by listening to Radio NZ’s unfortunately all-male Panel discuss the issues of the day:

https://twitter.com/BeeFaerie/status/707049198479249408

https://twitter.com/Alisonmau/status/707070181592342529

TL;DR ladies de dum de day de political correctness derp derp in my day you held doors open doodley doo. https://t.co/qt8lgb1ZCz

— stories from the city (@mizjwilliams) March 8, 2016

And now, back to the other 365 days of the year where it’s all about the dudes.

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Women of #nzpol Twitter roundup: International Women’s Day

We talked aaaaaaaaaaall the issues:

We gave helpful advice:

We listened to badass music:

We wrote smart stuff:

Our GIF game was thoroughly on point:

We bowed down to Kim Kardashian’s world-beating skill at exposing douchebag men and their faux-feminist misogyny with one selfie:

We posted pics:

We tried to bend light in different ways to end sexism:

We got all Parliamentary:

And some of us took one for the team by listening to Radio NZ’s unfortunately all-male Panel discuss the issues of the day:

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Women of #nzpol Twitter roundup: International Women’s Day

We talked aaaaaaaaaaall the issues:

We gave helpful advice:

We listened to badass music:

We wrote smart stuff:

Our GIF game was thoroughly on point:

We bowed down to Kim Kardashian’s world-beating skill at exposing douchebag men and their faux-feminist misogyny with one selfie:

We posted pics:

We tried to bend light in different ways to end sexism:

We got all Parliamentary:

And some of us took one for the team by listening to Radio NZ’s unfortunately all-male Panel discuss the issues of the day:

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