{"id":48976,"date":"2020-05-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/?p=48976"},"modified":"2020-05-08T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T14:48:09","slug":"real-talk-why-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2020\/05\/08\/real-talk-why-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Talk: Why International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This past International Women&#8217;s Day, more than 300 members of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2020\/05\/10\/meet-our-badass-mom-boss-stacey-mccormick\/(opens in a new tab)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aerie<\/a> fam came together for our first-ever AerieREAL Summit, a day of powerful conversations and workshops to celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ae.com\/aerie-real-life\/2020\/04\/15\/aeriereal-positivity\/\">REAL change<\/a>. 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