The stars of music, arts and the entertainment world have spoken out to promote International Women’s Day.
Today (Wednesday 8 March), sees people across the globe come together to celebrate and promote the movement of women’s rights – while ‘A Day Without Women’ will see women across the US strike to raise awareness for economic inequality, reproductive rights, civil liberties and ending violence.
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The likes of Florence + The Machine, Adele, Lily Allen, Katy Perry, JK Rowling, The 1975’s Matty Healy, Bastille, Garbage, Beyonce, PVRIS, La Roux and more have taken online to show their support for International Women’s Day and A Day Without Women – as well as honouring the female figures that matter the most to them.
"Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult" #internationalwomensday pic.twitter.com/3jzQcEpKnH
— Adele (@Adele) March 8, 2017
#iwd2017 #chimamandangoziadichie Appropriate reading for International Women's Day. It's… https://t.co/27wiz7gxC0
— LILYALLEN2.0 (@lilyallen) March 8, 2017
Happy #InternationalWomensDay
or, as it's often called on here, #WhyIsn'tThereAnInternationalMensDay
(There is: November 19th)
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 8, 2017
Even Lady Liberty has gone dark in solidarity. Until tomorrow then sisters. ❤ pic.twitter.com/E7VEW8Wflh
— Garbage (@garbage) March 8, 2017
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYixdFDfSS/
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!! The weather is shitty, and so is the patriarchy. We've celebrated by marching in the snow to raise awareness about the legal system's unfair treatment of rape victims and for a more fair legal system. We hope you've spent the day fighting for equal rights as well! #vitrordeg ✊?❤
Posted by Sløtface on Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Shout out to women ????
— ?? (@Truman_Black) March 8, 2017
http://www.beyonce.com/women-making-history-lynn-clark/
Posted by Beyoncé on Tuesday, March 7, 2017
"Women's rights are human rights." @KendallJenner, @BellaHadid, and more share a message on #InternationalWomensDay: https://t.co/B6Z7RcC8na pic.twitter.com/Wc7PJEUhBz
— W Magazine (@wmag) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/larouxofficial/status/839417033913688067
Living & working with brilliant women every second of every day.#internationalwomensday https://t.co/HEfX8SWNyo
— Jo Whiley (@jowhiley) March 8, 2017
happy #InternationalWomensDay x
— ENTER SHIKARI (@ENTERSHIKARI) March 8, 2017
??Happy international women's day! shout out 2 my favourite feminists??#thisiswhatafeministlookslike #InternationalWomensDay #womensday2017 pic.twitter.com/5fyPACWe44
— ?BLACK HONEY? (@BLACKHONEYUK) March 8, 2017
Cheers to all of u ? #internationalwomensday
— MØ ∞ (@MOMOMOYOUTH) March 8, 2017
Today it's #InternationalWomensDay Women's Day and I wanna start out this day by posting a picture of my beautiful mother. pic.twitter.com/13iC433EQz
— MØ ∞ (@MOMOMOYOUTH) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/ThisIsPVRIS/status/839463822880571393
❤️❤️❤️ To my Fiancée, Mum and Sister. I was raised by strong women growing up. #InternationalWomensDay ❤️❤️❤️
— ? Slacker Music Industry Book (Out Now) ? (@philytaggart) March 8, 2017
Happy #InternationalWomensDay. Thank you #ChimamandaNgoziAdichie, for inspiring me daily. #HereToCreate @adidasWomen pic.twitter.com/86SRa93c5L
— Mabel (@Mabel) March 8, 2017
Happy #InternationalWomensDay ??
— BASTILLE (@bastilledan) March 8, 2017
Shouts to the galdem ????????#InternationalWomensDay
— ʀ⎊ᴜ ʀᴇʏɴ⎊ (@RouReynolds) March 8, 2017
If you care about women focus on urgent issues & stop wasting time on rude, unnecessary 'debates' about trans people #InternationalWomensDay
— Paris Lees (@parislees) March 8, 2017
Happy International Women's Day. Today, as every day, I am grateful for all the brilliant women… https://t.co/H1r5bDjlKi
— Lisa Hannigan (@LisaHannigan) March 8, 2017
Happy #InternationalWomensDay from this grizzled old feminist?
— Tony Robinson (@Tony_Robinson) March 8, 2017
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all you QUEENS keep shining it's not easy out here?✨❤️
— Maya Jama (@MayaJama) March 8, 2017
Oodles of hyper-inspiring women being lauded this #InternationalWomensDay but if you're a single mum (or practically so) take a bow. pic.twitter.com/vylmLNNjZ6
— Rufus Hound ? (@RufusHound) March 8, 2017
This week also saw Emma Watson speak out to defend her feminist values after her topless photo shoot for Vanity Fair – arguing that she ‘can still be a feminist and have boobs’.
“Feminism is about giving women choice,” she said. “Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with, it’s about freedom, it’s about liberation, it’s about equality. I really don’t know what my tits have to do with it, it’s quite confusing. I’m always just quietly stunned.
“The shot itself I was honestly slightly taken aback by, because we’d been doing so many crazy things on that shoot,” Watson continued. “But it felt incredibly artistic and I’ve been so creatively involved and engaged with [Vanity Fair photographer Tim Walker], and I’m so thrilled with how interesting and beautiful the photographs were.
“It always reveals to me how many misconceptions and what a misunderstanding there is of what feminism is.”
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Posted by NME on Wednesday, March 8, 2017