#BlogforIWD: An International Women's Day Round-Up!

The sun still hasn't set on International Women's Day here in Portland. Here's a brief round-up of some blog reading from around the web celebrating IWD and this year's theme, "Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures." Make sure to leave any more recommended readings in the comments!

• Monica Roberts reflects on the achievements of trans women worldwide at TransGriot.
• Al Jazeera has a photo and video round-up of women rallying worldwide.
• At Tiger Beatdown, Flavia Dzodan urges young girls to resist hegemony, especially when it comes to what a "woman" is, and to experience, seek, and live in joy.
• Laurie Penny encourages women to stop being polite.
• Spectra Speaks writes about the importance of writing your own history.
• At Indian Country, Susan Masten, founder of Women Empowering Women for Indian Nations, talks about how Native peoples have always nurtured the next generation of women and girls.
• Anna Clark has put together a list of underrated women writers around the globe.
• World Pulse has an interactive map of IWD celebrations. 
• Christine Ahn reflects on some substantial wins for women internationally in 2011 (yes, there were some!) at Women's Media Center.
• Avital at The Mamafesto discusses the Jewish holiday Purim falling on IWD.
• At Global Comment, Chally Kacelnik talks about empowerment for girls by girls. 
• And finally, for cinephiles, First Run Features has a month-long sale where you can get 40% off films by, for, and about women, and Bitch Flicks has 11 films on trailblazing women.