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Originally Posted by Livia

It's not that I don't care about women's issues, I just don't think that everyone needs a month to wave their flags. There are only twelve months in a year, after all, how are all the aggrieved going to be fitted in? And maybe I missed Women's Month because it wasn't pushed down all our throats. There were no flags up in my bank, there was for Pride month. There wasn't a general jumping on the bandwagon by businesses wanting to show their support for DEI (as far as that goes...)

I think maybe the point I'm making is none of what pride is now (and it is very different and not always good I will admit) just magicked out of nowhere. It's grown over decades because LGBT people made sure it did. The riots started from LGBT people, a gay man created the pride flag, LGBT people set up charities which in turn created fundraisers, etc etc... so on so forth. If you want to see flags up for Women's Month, create a flag. Go to local shops and explain your cause, create what you want to see. If you don't, don't whine about not seeing it.

The industry I do some of my work in is heavily male dominated and so one year on International Woman's Day, I did a profile piece on many women in the industry by creating a piece of content to shine a light on women in a field so populated by men. The content was well received and appreciated and it was a piece of work I did because I thought it was important to highlight and appreciate these amazing women doing great work, and it wasn't really something I saw much of. You create what you want to see in the hope it inspires other to follow suit, build momentum and form into something significant.