https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 06:25:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707999 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:34:23 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2707999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw some stuff on fb and the news but that's about it! Was in an all-women office at work and only one person happened to be on vacation, everyone else worked, and I don't think anyone was wearing red. The only person who said anything was a guy cashier at the gas station! Such party poopers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707996 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:32:24 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2707996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsbubbletea: it is :sad: when I picked him up Tuesday the co-director said four babies had fever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707981 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 15:10:55 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2707981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: sorry to hear LO is sick. It's not HFM is it? I remember you said he was exposed at day care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707960 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:48:29 +0000 codeitall 2707960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't wear red (don't think I have any in my 38 week pregnant wardrobe anyway) and I didn't notice anyone else wearing red in the office. I spent the evening watching Netflix with my toddler while I sent my husband grocery shopping. Honestly, the most I saw of it was the Google Doodle and some posts on Facebook about cool women. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707933 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 14:09:29 +0000 sarac 2707933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband offered to take us out for ice cream to celebrate, which I thought was very sweet. We had a nice time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707898 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:39:23 +0000 snowjewelz 2707898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I patronized a salon owned by a woman and have a generous tip to my woman stylist! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707872 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:02:36 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2707872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLonghorn: that event sounded awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707856 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 12:42:41 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2707856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, it was my day off anyways, but we wore red and had plans to go to trader joes. I skipped trader joes, and when we met my sister for lunch, I asked her to find a woman owned business. It was delicious! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707774 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:21:58 +0000 Mrs D 2707774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Massive mom fail...my kid spilled her breakfast on my red top...and I was not thinking when I swapped it for the first shirt I could see - which happened to be blue. #fail My girls wore red!</p> <p>I didnt participate in any sort of strike and frankly dont really follow the reasoning/principals behind it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707760 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:03:18 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2707760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work at a nonprofit that supports women and girls, so I went to work. I wore a red dress, as did some of my coworkers.<br /> The best part was that I attended the annual fundraiser lunch for our local Planned Parenthood yesterday -- it was their biggest and most successful event ever with over 1,600 people attending and raising over $1,000,000 (I live in the south in a state that keeps trying to defund and close PP - this is awesome!!) Most of the room was also dressed in red - it was really a powerful event. Oh, and I walked in and saw a whole table of moms I know from preschool which was a big surprise but made me so happy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707749 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:29:15 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2707749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a scarf with a bunch of red in it. There were a good amount of women in my office with red, but I also work in Philadelphia who is pretty vocal about this type of stuff. They did have a march in center city, but I didn't attend it. It was mentioned in a few meetings of mine, but I didn't see a single man with red on which disappointed me a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707733 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:01:53 +0000 yoursilverlining 2707733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a dress with red in it (don't own any all red items), and I was wished a happy women's day by about 8-10 women at work (some I know, some random women in the hallways). Wasn't wished a happy women's day by any men :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707731 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:59:24 +0000 avivoca 2707731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was at work, I didn't wear red (because I don't own red) and I did buy lunch. I definitely support the cause but I was not able to participate. Several women at work wore various shades of red and some of the men did too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707726 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:56:25 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2707726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took the day off to care for my sick LO. I wore pink pajama bottoms all day. I bought groceries. </p> <p>The morning started with a little Miika from Morning Joe reminding it was Women's International Day by wearing a red turtle neck. The evening news caught me up to speed how people celebrated/ protested. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707724 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:51:49 +0000 littlebug 2707724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hadn't planned on taking off, but A got the flu, so I wound up at home, anyway. I bought a shirt from a women-owned business, read some books with strong female characters to A, and we listed to female singers all day long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707720 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:44:09 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2707720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not in Facebook and just a little from the people I follow on Instagram. I didn't see a single person in real life wearing red. And I don't even own any red clothes so. I thought about it a lot, and really reflected on what it means to be a woman especially in other countries. I know in America we're facing our own hardships but they are seemingly small in comparison to others and it's so important that we speak the value of all women every where. I donated to the Preemptive Love Coalition. </p> <p>And then I had to explain to my husband that it, in fact, is not "women's rights day" but International Women's day and why those would be two different things. *face palm* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707697 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 07:55:37 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2707697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in Canada and didn't take the day off. DW and I wore red and also dressed DS in red for daycare but I didn't see anyone wearing red or acknowledging the day anywhere in real life despite dealing with many people through my day. My female coworker wished me a happy women's day and my other female coworker was home sick with her son so her share of work fell to me because none of the men in my office are aware of what it takes to keep things running if someone is off :P but that's everyday ha </p> <p>I mostly paid attention on social media through the day and didn't purchase anything. I was tempted to order in from a female owned business and relax but I was looking forward to the meal I planned to cook! It was mostly a regular day. However, I did find I was more aware of the impact of women not being present in everyday life and how our work and responsibilities trickle into literally everything, but that is regularly not acknowledged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707674 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 23:53:28 +0000 Corduroy 2707674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't strike and I didn't notice if anyone in the office did because people are in the field a lot. About half the women in my office, including me, wore red. Several men were in red or pink also. DH borrowed a red shirt of mine for work which surprised me. </p> <p>In the morning I saw an interesting post on my Facebook feed from a national women's group. It was a post about a woman running for congress. Coincidentally it's a woman I went to college with. She quit her dream job to run for congress so I felt a little bad that I didn't even take a day off.</p> <p>I had to leave early in the afternoon to go to a dentist appointment. I told my boss I was leaving to go to the dentist but dropped that if I was staging a walk out at "equal pay time" I would also be leaving at that time. (It being the % of time in the day that correspond to the amount of money women earn relative to men). He seemed to take it in good humor.</p> <p>I failed in terms of not buying things because I did actually go to the dentist and bought lunch. But I also bought lunch for a uniformed military woman so I hope that balances out cosmically. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/international-womens-day-what-did-it-look-like-for-you#post-2707673 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 23:42:28 +0000 Corduroy 2707673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I posted earlier this week about plans for strike and wearing red. As a follow up I was wondering what you saw or heard around the strike or International Women's Day in general. </p>