march 8th & blogging as direct action (or something)

here's something interesting:

Blog Against Sexism Day

Inspired by the Blog Against Racism Day in December, it was decided that for at least one day we would try to focus the blogosphere on another evil: sexism. While those that write about sexism on a regular basis are gladly asked to join in, we enourage those that never or rarely talk about this important topic to join in. There are no guidelines. All that is asked is that you write at least a little something against sexism. We especially encourage men to challenge themselves and write about the topic.

If you want to participate, all you have to do is write a post. [...]

Why March 8?
Because it's International Women’s Day. Because it's the Global Women’s Strike. Wimmin in more than 60 countries will be participating in the global strike. Why not add dozens or hundreds or thousands of more voices to this struggle through the growing world of blogging?

to find out details, read the whole post by vegankid.

for info on iwd, also check out my oldish women's history month page of links, as well as:

international women's day 2005 protests/proteste de ziua internationala a femeii 2005[ro]
a history of international women's day in words and images by joyce stevens
international women's day by guardian