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Happy International Women’s Day!

Today’s Postcard from Bunchland comes from Flickr user nettispaghetti.

Bright young women

It’s the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Yeah, a lot has happened in those 100 years — the right to vote, the right to stand for election, the right to choose, the right not to be treated like some Sterling Cooper secretary, but it’s not enough. If you haven’t seen the excellent Dame Judy Dench-Daniel Craig video, take a look:

But you don’t have to be James Bond to make a point about equal rights. Here are some of our girl heroes doing their thing and being awesome:

1. Watoto from the Nile — A trio of sisters who were sick of Lil Wayne having such disrespect for women. So they wrote a song asking Lil Wayne why he think it’s OK to say what he says.  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ fashionable daughter Suri, 5, has been spotted around Vancouver with a pacifier. Has she developed anxiety issues due to constant paparazzi? Will she need braces? At what age do you take away the pacifier? Via Globe and Mail

2. Are women with large families doing it to show off? Apparently this is a thing now? (At least in New York) “All over Manhattan, large families have become a status symbol. Four beautiful children named after kings and pieces of fruit are a way of saying, ‘I can afford a four-bedroom apartment and a hundred and fifty thousand dollars in elementary-school tuition fees every year. How you livin’?’ ” Um. This is nuts, but even Tina Fey has commented on the phenomenon so there must be something to it. Via The Stir

3. Facebook hates your pregnancy photos. Proof. Via Jezebel  Read more...