Women's Day 2021

"Oh Woman! How weak you are and how strong you are! How do you know to be sweet and miserable! How do you pretend when in your breast, your soul is bittered!” (Florbela Espanca)

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It was first celebrated on 28th of February 1909 in the United States in honor of the 1908 New York textile workers' strike. Since 1917 the International Women’s Day has been celebrated on March 8.

This day symbolizes the constant struggle for women’s rights and celebrates the achievements gained by women in this constant struggle.

And since women rule this team, we couldn’t let this day pass by! For this reason, we are presenting to you a range of courageous women who are ready to get down to work at any time.

1. Malorie Hayes

Portrayed by Sandra Bullock in the film Bird Box, Malorie Hayes is an artist who is pregnant but has no maternal connection to her baby. When she sees herself facing a post-apocalyptic scenario where a mysterious virus is affecting the entire world, she's forced to use her instincts to survive and save herself and her baby.

When she sees herself with her newborn baby and her friend’s baby who has just been killed, she promises to herself that she will do everything in her power to protect the two children. A bold, intelligent woman who’s willing to do anything to protect them, even if it means losing her life, because a mother is a mother.

2. June Osborne

In a world plagued by the rate of infertility due to sexually transmitted diseases and environmental pollution, June Osborne, played by Elizabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale, finds herself sexually enslaved due to her fertility. In order to give children to the elite of Commanders of Societies who are unable to have children and want to continue with their lineage.

An excellent series that explores several ethical and moral problems, such as sexual slavery, the role of women in the surrounding society, corrupt society, among others.

3. Florbela Espanc

Named Flor Bela Lobo, it was called Florbela d'Alma da Conceição Espanca, but it was like Florbela Espanca that it became known. Considered as the great female figure of the first decades of Portuguese literature of the 20th century, she lived a full, tumultuous life and full of loving sufferings. She was one of the first women in Portugal to attend high school and one of the few who would attend the Faculty of Law at the time. She married three times and divorced twice. She was never afraid to love intensely, and as a result she suffered the prejudice of society. Throughout her life, she suffered a spontaneous miscarriage, a neurosis and was diagnosed with pulmonary edema, which led her to attempt suicide three times. She worked as a journalist and wrote poetry, short stories, epistles and a diary. Her poems are full of eroticization, femininity and have as their main theme love, as well as everything it entails, such as loneliness, longing, seduction or desire. She received several awards, one of which was the António Vaz Leitão Prize. Florbela Espanca stimulated the literary emancipation of women, at a time led by men. She committed suicide at age 36. However, she will always be remembered as a woman who lived according to her motto of life: live intensely and love despairingly!

4. Honda Tohru

Unlike the previous protagonists, Honda Tohru from Fruits Basket, is apparently a simple and weak girl, but with an enormous strength of life and resilience that makes her admired by everyone around her. Despite the fact that she lost her father when she was little and then lost her mother as well and that she misses them, she does not cross her arms or let herself sink into solitude. She moves on and always with a smile on her face that will bring joy and hope to everyone who crosses her path. Nobody can remain indifferent to the contagious light of this girl.

5. San

San in Princess Mononoke is the pure representation of the worst and the best that humanity has. Left behind by her parents in the forest, she was fortunate to be welcomed by a wolf who took care of her while she was growing up. She has no faith in the human being until Ashitaka crosses her life and awakens the human feelings within her. Yet it is Nature and the Animals that are her family and she will do everything in her power to protect them. San is proof that love is transcendent, it does not distinguish between gender, species or races.

6. Scarlett, Tammy e Song Ga-kyeong

In a drama that explores the role of women in the 21st century, a role that is not part of being a wife or mother, but working to achieve success without discrimination or impediments, we present these three fearless women from Search WWW are in their 30s and are thirsty for approval.

Scarlett, played by Lee Da-hee, works at the Web Portal Barro and is a fearless, modern woman who is in constant struggle to obtain the best possible results for Barro. Despite her irreverent appearance, deep down she has a pure heart.

Tammy, played by Im Soo-jung, works on Scarlett's rival Web Portal and sacrificed everything in her personal life for professional success. She is very competitive and loves to enjoy her success, but due to the methods she uses she often wonders if she is making the right choice for her life.

Ga-kyeong, played by Jeon Hye-jin, is the director of the Unicon Web Portal where Tammy works and is the daughter-in-law of the owner of the KU Group, married to save her parents' company and is a woman stuck in her marriage obligations, being obliged to use the portal to share news of political convenience. She lives in the shade and revolted to be able to take control of her life.

So we mark this date with 8 extraordinary women, whose stories we advise everyone to know and we are sure that they will fall in love with them just like us. These are small references of an extraordinary range that the literary and fictional world present to us. What other women impressed you? Tell us their stories in the comments, we will be happy to read!