Who run the world? Girls!

[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Kara & the Fleet!
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: On the Tourist
When: Mar 8th (or space equivalent)

[ Kara waves into the camera, well recovered from her ultra embarrassing boyfriend's announcement ]

Hi everyone! On my Earth, we have a day called "International Women's Day", which has been celebrated for over one hundred years. The whole idea is that we take some extra time to recognize the awesome women that we know, and pay attention to our contributions to society. The reason it's necessary where I'm from is that gender equality isn't a reality yet. Kind of crazy, right? But for reasons I have never actually understood, not being from Earth, is why the Patriarchy is still a thing.

Anyway, I was thinking that we could make it Intergalactic Women's Day. You can reply here to talk about the awesome women in your life, or, you know, just thank them for being cool. Maybe make them a cake? Just because?

Definitely make them cakes.

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[mucked]

Well. [ there's a lot to unpack in kara's message, but peggy's hesitant to take too heavy a hand to what is clearly a well-intentioned message. so, instead: ] I never say no to cake.

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[paraclete]

Celebratory of life and the meaning in one's life... A cake does seem appropriate, doesn't it? That sounds like the sort of joy behind a birthday. From what I have been told.

[While he ponders this, he leans his head to the side, and his pale hair falls across his forehead. With each passing second, he looks more and more pleased. Like this has the potential to be wonderful.]

Making her a cake could be good.

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[outstandingbalance]

[Oh, Kara. Well, Natasha can't say that the spirit isn't in the right place.]

Leaving aside the question of patriarchy for the time being, any women you want to celebrate today?

[takingkarabusiness]

I mean, equal pay for equal work would be preferable, but we can definitely start with cake.

[takingkarabusiness]

I think we're really supposed to be bringing attention to the inequities that exist but there are a lot of people from different societies here, so that might be a little more difficult.

Plus, cake is great.

[mucked]

Frankly, I'd settle for the reverse. Equal work for equal pay.

[takingkarabusiness]

Practically all of them. Thinking of my sister and Eliza a lot in particular. They're both amazing women with careers in fields that aren't known for their overabundance of female participation.

[takingkarabusiness]

How do you mean?

[mucked]

[ hm. she doesn't want to discuss herself -- not exactly. so she needs to consider her words carefully. ]

During the war, all sorts of people -- women included -- got a taste of careers they might never have had the opportunity to pursue. And, once the fighting was done, they were expected to go back into their places. Like hats, popped back into boxes with tissue liners. Not all of us wanted to be boxed again.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she crinkles her nose ]

And you shouldn't have to be. What year are you in at home?

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[tough_love]

[Wait, not from Earth? She looks human. Weird. But that's be something to investigate later. For now, the big red battle princess has questions.]

I fail to see the point of such a holiday. But that does not mean I do not have questions.

Who is the Patriarchy, and if they are so troublesome, why have they not been destroyed?

[This is probably why she wasn't put in charge of communications, her idea of diplomacy is... different than others.]

And what is a cake?

[mucked]

It was 1947 when I left. [ ...give or take some magical coma memories. ] Unlike our mutual acquaintance [ steve rogers ] I stayed behind in that decade.

[takingkarabusiness]

I'm sorry that you have to do all the hard work, but it definitely pays off.

[mucked]

So I keep hearing. [ and there are (perhaps) some silver linings to a future she's otherwise not prepared to accept. but, rather politely: ] I look forward to seeing it.

[takingkarabusiness]

You would've been really impressed with Krypton. My mother was the high adjudicator—like a judge—and we really didn't have too many of the same hangups.

On my Earth, actually, our president is female. Things aren't perfect, but it's an exciting time to be a female superhero.

[mucked]

[ she isn't all that certain she would be impressed with it at all -- certainly, her yardstick isn't so easily satisfied as simply learning that a woman had held high position. after all, what stops the dottie underwoods of the world from seizing control? ]

From your lack of specificity, I assume you mean the American president. [ she's trying to be nice, really. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, yes. I guess that's not as impressive for someone from Great Britain.

[namisan]

I keep hearing about this Patriarchy thing. I'm not sure it exists in my world, though we've got a lot of your standard pigs, I guess.

As for women-- I don't think I know any that aren't awesome.

[mucked]

It's still impressive, make no mistake. [ -- after all, she's pre-thatcher. hell! she's pre-elizabeth ii. as a queen, at least. ] But you'll forgive me the jab at the easy assumption that an unspecified president would, by default, be an American one.

[ it's almost paradoxical that she should rattle so at american exceptionalism. though it's more like wry good fun than a serious complaint, even if many people can't tell the difference. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Yes... You'd think I'd be better about that since I'm an immigrant of a sort, but I'm a California girl these days.

[outstandingbalance]

Scientists, right? You've mentioned that about your family. And your sister was an DEO agent?

[mucked]

So am I, it would seem, until I find myself returned home and able to hoof it back to the east coast. [ so, she admits to being an ex-pat. ] Thanks to coming here, it feels as though I've been on never-ending assignment in Los Angeles.

[spacebro]

Thank you for being cool. [Smiling at her through the screen.] Should i start listing all the ways you've made my life better now? I don't think I'm going to be able to figure out the cake. [He's going to try.]

[takingkarabusiness]

She still is, yes. And they're both scientists with specialties in alien genetics and biology.

[takingkarabusiness]

Maybe not in public? And, disappointing as it is, you don't need to make me a cake.

[ she's charmed, though, of course ]

I just thought it'd be a nice way for people to talk about the cool people they know.