Happy Inter­na­tional Women’s Day, from.…a man.  Oh well, nev­er­mind the mes­sen­ger, here’s a quick roundup of the news from Inter­na­tional Women’s Day!

• First off, from Time Mag­a­zine, we have a debate on the ques­tion of “Are Women Peo­ple?” that addresses some of the recent issues (San­dra Fluke, manda­tory ultra­sounds for abortion-happy ladies, etc) and con­sid­ers whether women are really sen­tient, autonomous beings any longer.
• Think Progress has the dish on “Women’s Impact on the Econ­omy, By the Num­bers.”  Enlight­en­ing reading.
• From The Daily Beast, we have cov­er­age of the third annual Women in the World sum­mit.  Sta­tus of women in the world?  Click to find out!
• A bit belated, but here is a Wash­ing­ton Post piece on ways to cel­e­brate IWD. A bit cheeky for my taste, but eh, what the heck?  Click the clicky here.
• From Michael Moore’s book Stu­pid White Men, here’s an excerpt about “The End of Men.”
• From Brave New Films, pro­ducer of the doc­u­men­taries Out­foxed and Wal­mart: The High Cost of Low Prices, comes a look at how many times Rush Lim­baugh can slan­der women in ONE MINUTE!
• And finally, from the Guardian News­pa­per back in the old coun­try, we have a trea­sure trove of user-submitted pho­tos cel­e­brat­ing IWD.  Our favorite?  The first one, for cel­e­brat­ing IWD with joy­ful vandalism:

That’s all for now.  Happy Inter­na­tional Women’s Day!