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exlibrarykris May 30

"How powerlifting champ Julianne Taylor found her strength at 65"

Nurse, furniture designer, nutritionist, champion powerlifter - what an interesting and inspiring woman.

https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/news/real-life/julianne-taylor/

(I can't even remember how I landed on this site )

#WomansDay

How Julianne Taylor found her strength at 65

Her best advice? If it’s not working for you, move on to something else. Powerlifter Julianne Taylor shares her best secrets

Now to Love - New Zealand

Stafford Gregoire Mar 9

#Patriarchy mixed with #religion
Is all faiths toxic appendage
Cultures limited sexist vision
Will all our humanities damage
#HeadlinePoem

“This is not just a crime against one [woman] — it is an attack on the basic rights and freedoms of all individuals.”
#WomansDay
#sayhername
#HiraAnwar
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregion/hira-anwar-honor-killing-pakistan.html

Her Father Took Her on a Trip to Pakistan. The Police Say It Was a Trap.

Hira Anwar was pulled out of middle school for what she thought was a vacation. Her death is being investigated as a so-called honor killing.

The New York Times

Peter Hanecak Mar 9

For the #WomansDay: Two clips from Janelle Monáe:

- Django Jane: https://youtu.be/mTjQq5rMlEY
- Pynk: https://youtu.be/PaYvlVR_BEc

Part of (sort of) movie, or "emotion picture": Dirty Computer.

Janelle Monáe – Django Jane [Official Music Video]

YouTube

Janette Speyer Mar 9

Margaret Thatcher first female British prime minister paved the way for the British working woman #uk#history #woman #womansday

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Thatcher?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into HISTORICAL FEMINISTS @historical-feminists-JanetteSpeyer

Margaret Thatcher | Biography & Facts | Britannica

Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Party politician and prime minister (1979–90), Europe’s first woman prime minister. She accelerated the evolution of the British economy from statism to liberalism and became, by personality as much as achievement, the most renowned British leader since Winston Churchill.

Encyclopedia Britannica