WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH THE BELFIELD BANTER: Reflections from March, 2022
Vol. 6
The St. Anne’s-Belfield School Student Newspaper In This Issue:
I HAVE NEVER CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
HISTORICAL FEATURES: LEADING WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT
ST. ANNE’S BELFIELD THEATER REVIEW: MAMMA MIA
“VENUS”– THE BRIGHTEST STAR LETTERS FOR THE BETTER: WOMEN’S WRITING NIGHT MARSHA P. JONHSON COVER ART BY IZZY SANOK, ‘24
I HAVE NEVER CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY by Kay Tu
— When I was little, I didn’t celebrated International Women’s Day. **International Women’s Day: March 8th**
Putting the numbers three and eight together in my native language makes up a curse word referring to people who liked to gossip and could not mind their own business. If someone called me a “three-eight,” I would be furious and would throw my eraser at them.
Girls my age didn’t consider themselves to be “women.” We called Women’s Day “Girl’s Day” and emphasized the differences the rephrasing brought. “Women” referred to females who had gotten married. The term “women” had many negative connotatoins: being old, sloppy, philistine, and unreasonable. When we said “women,” we thought of uneducated housewives with outdated sweaters and grocery bags. I wanted to stick with my Pikachu jacket and Mickey Mouse school bag, so I was fine staying a girl. This fear of being called a “woman” rises from the terrible prospect of marriage. Even as ten-year-olds, my friends and I tried to separate ourselves from the rest of the suffering women. We thought that sepa-
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