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Sep 18, 2020, 5 tweets

Highlight of my evening:

@rerutled: Hey honey, I’m reading the Australian government media regulator’s report on that Q&A episode and your name is in it 45 times.

Me: Ha!

This is my favourite part:

“The program contained multiple uses of “fuck” by panelist Mona Eltahawy. Some examples include:”

My use of profanity is deliberate and intentional

I refuse to allow those who don't recognize my full humanity to expect politeness of me.” google.com/amp/s/www.vice…

Fuck civility

Civility will not overturn the patriarchy or racism or fascism.

An excerpt from the chapter on the importance of profanity from The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls.

Fuck civility. Fuck racism. Fuck the patriarchy. Fuck fascism. lithub.com/mona-eltahawy-…

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