Thread by @monaeltahawy

Yours truly, in front of the White House, delivering the response of the Fuck the Patriarchy Party to the #SOTU 🎥 @rerutled

Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a feminist scholar and activist in #Uganda, is a hero of mine. She is in prison for “offending” her country’s longtime dictator. I write about her in the chapter on Profanity in my latest book.

This is not the time for civility, decorum, or courtesy. Fuck That

“We don’t have guns or money. But I can still think and insult and abuse,” Dr. Stella Nyanzi
#FreeStella

Dr. Stella Nyanzi is a hero. Her insistence on violating patriarchy’s rules by talking explicitly about taboo subjects should be studied everywhere as a masterclass in the power of refusing to obey the rules of “politeness.” Who made those rules?

It is imperative to understand how civility, decorum, manners, and the like are used to uphold authority—patriarchy, whiteness, other forms of privilege—and that we are urged to acquiesce as a form of maintaining that authority.

Whether we are urged to be civil to racists or polite to patriarchy, the goal is the same: to maintain the power of the racist, to maintain the power of patriarchy.

An excerpt from the chapter on Profanity from my latest book lithub.com/mona-eltahawy-…

Get Dr. Stella Nyanzi’s collection of poetry that she wrote in prison. She was convicted of “offending” her country’s dictator with a poem. I am HONOURED that I am quoted on the cover of this vital and revolutionary book. Fuck the patriarchy in every time zone and every universe

I explain more here:

Mona Eltahawy Would Like You to Fuck Right Off With Your Civility Politics
"I refuse to allow those who don't recognize my full humanity to expect politeness of me.” vice.com/en_us/article/…

Fuck civility. Fuck the patriarchy.