International Women’s Day

Christy Qiu

Every year on Mar. 8, which is International Women’s Day, people commemorate the movement for women’s rights. However, this year’s International Women’s Day drew in more attention than the past few years. There were marches and rallies all over Downtown Los Angeles featuring wonderful posters, some of which were had hilarious memes, but all of which were awe-inspiring. AHS is also home to some very outspoken, creative minds. When asked about how their hypothetical posters for a Women’s Day march would look like, here’s what AHS students had to say.

“I would take a quote from The Type by Sara Kay.”
— Emily Lu, 11

“I would draw a manicured hand with each fingernail as a different color.”
— Ailin Atasoy, 10

“I would draw a combined symbol for women and men.”
— Yanhui Li, 11

“I would write ‘Women are worth it.’ ”
— Hermay Matthiews, 11

“I’d write ‘In the future, there will be no more female leaders. There will just be leaders.’”
— Natalie Chen, 11

“I would write ‘We can do it!’ and draw the iconic female figure alongside it.”
— Mariam Golwalla, 10

“I would write ‘Doing things like a woman is never an insult.’ ”
— Avleen Walia, 11