My Foremothers Challenge Gender Nostalgia, by Megan Powell du Toit

On International Women’s Day, people often take the chance to post on social media about being thankful for the women in their family. Is this, though, going to cut it when we are seeing stories in the media every day about a growing misogyny among young men? And, indeed, the day wasn’t intended to be a hallmark ready holiday. It arose out of the labour movement and had goals such as women’s suffrage and rights at work.