International Women's Day (and Google)

Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)
#1

International Women’s Day is tomorrow, and I’m all for it. And Google made a Doodle about it. But, as I watch, I couldn’t help but laugh: not a single bit of it is in English. So apparently, women in English speaking countries are always treated well and don’t need a special day. Either that, or Google doesn’t think “International” includes the U.S., Canada, or the UK.

One of my friends on Facebook posted a bunch of photos she said were in anticipation of Women’s Day, and I asked her what that was. She responded that it was the day that women would say “yes” instead of “no.” :eek: Granted, she doesn’t speak English natively. (Guess that’s why she knew about the holiday.)

Just some silly stuff I thought I’d share.

#2

One of the pics in Google’s Doodle is a woman in front of a poster that says “a history of Silicon Valley”. Is that in Mexico now?

#3

I cought a few snippets of English there towards the end.

#4

…anyone know where I can get some for free?

What? On national doughnut day Krispy Kreme gave away doughnuts, on national pancake day IHOP gave away free pancakes, so logically…

#5

Ninja’d, will report as a duplicate.

#6

Yay! Free women all over the world!

What? On national doughnut day Krispy Kreme gave away doughnuts, on national pancake day IHOP gave away free pancakes, so logically…

#7

I’m not looking forward to Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Regards,
Shodan

#8

Merged duplicate threads.

#9

Not sure if that’s supposed to be a woosh, but the data from this interesting BBC article could be seen as suggesting women in the “main” English-language (UK/Ireland/US/Canada/Australia/NZ) countries are doing pretty well for themselves; and so it could be further argued by some that no, they don’t need a special day as a result.

#10

Considering that 99% of what Google or anyone else does online is strongly weighted towards English-speakers, if not the US only, then I found their approach refreshing.

There is a little bit of English spoken in the clip, but I don’t think they were in US accents.