Women of the World, Take Over

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Please. Now more than ever.

My gratitude and support to the women around the world who continue to resonate in voice, body, and action with the call for inalienable dignity of rights for all people, throughout the long, stubborn, and agonizingly difficult struggle for new social and political structures in every home(land.)

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

Play this at maximum political, social, and spiritual volume. And reader, please respond – what does International Women’s Day mean to you?

Comments are open.

H/T to Sarah Irving for the inspiring poster I have chosen to deploy to celebrate the day. You can view the full image below. I cannot read Arabic, but I will rely on Sarah’s words to get the message across:

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“A beautiful, inspiring poster from the fight against sexual violence and for women’s place in Egyptian – and all – societies”

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Side/Dishes was born of Jim Baker on February 18, 2016 in Lincoln, Nebraska, sprung fully formed from the consummation of two enduring loves: music and food. The First and Guiding Thought was to write short (~200 - ~400 words) observational commentary on lunches and meals enjoyed while listening to one "side" of music: maybe the first side of an LP, maybe 25 / 35 minutes of music - hence the name of the blog "Side/Dishes." Conceptually, the name unifies a few threads I've been fussing with for years - wherein the beloved "side dish" is a metaphor, a distraction, a moment at the family table between grace and argument, a work of starch, a shared thing done outside the work of preparing the main course for the evening - or a panoply of small plates to which all else (save conversation) is secondary. Banchan, for readers acquainted with Korean cuisine - a digest of myriad ideas for collective gustation. Thank you for joining me here. Feel free to reach out to me at james.eugene.baker@gmail.com.