Women's day is about celebrating the gender...but also acknowledging women have done a lot of unacknowledged things for humankind - even when they were banned to do so.
If you aren't a woman...or are just becoming one...maybe watching some of these movies and tv shows will inspire you to better understand women and their world - or if you're a teenager - the world you're stepping into. Or...even if you just want to inspire yourself with a woman/girl driven narrative. =)
Thirteen (2003)
A coming of age tale and a tale of caution when it comes to peer pressure and the serious consequences it can lead to.
A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/
Broad City (2014-)
Friendship is key to a healthy existence - many would agree - this show exhibits the many rewards and a few pitfalls withing a female friendship in the modern day.
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2578560/
Moana (2016)
Lets the kids know if they can dream it they can do it, just as long as they're willing to do the work!
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3521164/
P.S. I Love You (2007)
Learn how to live your life even after you lose a loved one. Understand it'll be a rough journey, one which you might have to take by yourself, but at the end of which you will come out a stronger and more well-rounded individual.
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431308/
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
The struggles of a lost teenage girl in an unbalanced, fatherless household - useful to know how a missing father figure can still impact a girl's life.
A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3172532/
Suffragette (2015)
What feminists fought for back in the day...and why they deserve out admiration and applause.
The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3077214/
Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)
A dynamic between a single mom and her daughter and their life encompassing their boyfriends - a story worth telling - if for nothing else for the everyday realistic and always funny banter and nonchalancy of it all. Learn to be inspired by the everyday.
A dramedy centering around the relationship between a thirty-something single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238784/
Bridesmaids (2011)
A colorful list of personalities - you'll get to know different types of women and struggles each one of them has - or is trying to conceal to make her life seem perfect just the way it is.
Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478338/
G.I. Jane (1997)
A woman in a man's world won't survive unless she learns how to win the game.
A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119173/
Jane the Virgin (2014-)
Here the one huge life lession you can take away is that things just don't work out the way you think they will...almost ever... And you'll learn to deal with it.
A young, devout Catholic woman discovers that she was accidentally artificially inseminated.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3566726/
Brave (2012)
Teaches a girl that sometimes you have to take the reigns of your own life instead of letting others dictate your life for you. It accentuates the importance of family, but also the need to be your own person despite the judgements your loved ones might have of that person.
Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/
Drop Dead Diva (2009–2014)
In this show you learn about the importance of self-esteem, self worth and the difference between loving yourself and tolerating yourself.
A vapid aspiring model killed in a car crash gets brought back to life as an intelligent, overweight lawyer, hoping to find the meaning of inner beauty.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280822/
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