International Women's Day Watch Missouri pastor's sexist, racist, anti-LGBTQ sermon about women's looks Carla Sinclair

science fiction Nevertheless, She Persisted: Tor.com's Women's Day flash fiction sf anthology Cory Doctorow

russia In Russia, where wife-beating is legal, socialists celebrate Women's Day with feminist guerrilla "ads" Cory Doctorow

religion Irish women call for a nationwide strike if they don't get a referendum on the country's brutal abortion ban Cory Doctorow

News German man defeats man in gorilla costume in annual English cheese-rolling race Thom Dunn

taliban Taliban announces it will start stoning women to death in public Mark Frauenfelder

Kids This six-year-old now holds the women's world record for the speediest solving of a Rubik's Cube David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Support a woman-owned business this International Women's Day with the DNA My Dog test Boing Boing's Shop

Business US charges higher tax rate on women's underwear than on men's David Pescovitz

simulations Check out Mdou Moctar, an outstanding self-taught guitarist who plays music that transcends borders and labels Jennifer Sandlin

Right-wing Gen Z twerp Madison Cawthorn loses GOP primary, but still has 7 months left to make trouble Rob Beschizza

I Love Lucy Big Wendy used 441 Rubik's Cubes to create a Lucille Ball mosaic Carla Sinclair

qatar Qatar attempts bikini kill ahead of volleyball tournament Kevin Reome

china How China ingests and adapts western culture Cory Doctorow

travel TSA admits that its pornoscanners flag Black women and others with curly hair for humiliating, invasive searches Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Scenes from the Bangalore Literature Festival Jasmina Tesanovic

sexual harassment Notes from the #MeToo march: thoughts and prayers can't right what is wrong Maureen Herman

roller derby Trump's travel ban throws roller derby into chaos Jason Weisberger

sexism Women competitors must wear hijabs at chess world championship, oddly awarded to Iran Rob Beschizza