{"id":99584,"date":"2017-03-08T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=99584"},"modified":"2017-03-08T16:16:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T00:16:14","slug":"people-saying-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/people-saying-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What People Are Saying About International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is dedicated to #girlpower. All around the world, people have marked March 8 as International Women&#8217;s Day to celebrate the incredible achievements of women.<\/p>\n<p>You might recall the Women&#8217;s March that was held on January 21 and the powerful message it sent to the world. Well, today is another one for the books. It&#8217;s the first &#8220;Day Without a Woman&#8221; strike where women can either take the day off work, avoid shopping for one day, or wear red to represent their solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>We went to Twitter to see what some of our favorite celebs were saying about today, a day that is sure to go down in history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m grateful to all the women who came before me and fought for me to be able to be where I am. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ADayWithoutWomen?src=hash\">#ADayWithoutWomen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IWD2017?src=hash\">#IWD2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheEllenShow\/status\/839496821789466624\">March 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nHappy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InternationalWomensDay?src=hash\">#InternationalWomensDay<\/a> or, as it&#8217;s often called on here, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhyIsn?src=hash\">#WhyIsn<\/a>&#8216;tThereAnInternationalMensDay (There is: November 19th) \u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/839426039633887234\">March 8, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/internationalwomensday?src=hash\">#internationalwomensday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3jzQcEpKnH\">pic.twitter.com\/3jzQcEpKnH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adele (@Adele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adele\/status\/839430817659117570\">March 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nFrom midnight NYC time, book fairies around the WORLD will start hiding feminist books to mark <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IWD?src=hash\">#IWD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IWDoursharedshelf?src=hash\">#IWDoursharedshelf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/the_bookfairies\">@the_bookfairies<\/a> ? \u2014 Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaWatson\/status\/839304817864499200\">March 8, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I also want to honor everyone striking today and all of you who can&#8217;t. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ADayWithoutAWoman?src=hash\">#ADayWithoutAWoman<\/a> is for all of us, and we will never stop fighting<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lenadunham\/status\/839522499557748742\">March 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nHappy International Women&#8217;s Day! Today I wear red as I stand in solidarity with my sisters all over the world! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IWD2017?src=hash\">#IWD2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GgFviRgXWn\">pic.twitter.com\/GgFviRgXWn<\/a> \u2014 Eva Longoria Baston (@EvaLongoria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvaLongoria\/status\/839526446989099008\">March 8, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are nothing without women and today the world will see that.<br \/>\nGot on my red, too.<br \/>\nToday should be a holiday.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/strengthinnumbers?src=hash\">#strengthinnumbers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pharrell\/status\/839503949396758528\">March 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Today is dedicated to #girlpower. 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