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29 Oct, 7 tweets, 6 min read
Dr. Stella Nyanzi is one of the most important feminists of our time. She personifies the political power of profanity. The #Ugandan dictator jailed her for it. Listen to this great episode of @Roughly with @eyderp h/t @Nanjala1 #RadicalRudeness npr.org/2020/10/28/928…
And then watch and listen to the conversation the two of us had for @akefestival on 'Why Africa Needs Feminist Giants' with @aishasalaudeen and @msafropolitan. #AkeFest2020 #AkeFestOnline
Plate for “Why Africa Needs Feminist Giants” with headsh
I devote the bulk of the chapter on Profanity in The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls on Dr. Stella Nyanzi. She is a master at its political use! I explain why in this thread I wrote when she was released in February.
I wrote my second book The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls and I launched FEMINIST GIANT Newsletter to amplify global feminist resistance to patriarchal fuckery.

To say LOOK AT ALL THAT POWER!

To say FUCK THE PATRIARCHY! feministgiant.substack.com/p/coming-soon
During the @akefestival panel, @AishaSalaudeen asked me: in the fight for liberation, to be free, do women have to prepare to be met with resistance from the partriachy, killed even?

My answer: We're already getting killed.
Pay attention and learn from feminist resistance against global patriarchal fuckery.

The USA is not the centre of the feminist universe.

Fuck the patriarchy in every time zone and every universe. Read more about Stella 👇🏽lithub.com/mona-eltahawy-…
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31 Oct
In #Poland, women protesting near-total ban on abortion tell priests & the far-right govt to “Get the fuck out.”

In the UK, female deputy leader of Labour Party had to apologize after calling a male opposition MP “Scum”

My new essay says fuck civility
feministgiant.substack.com/p/fuck-is-a-fe…
In times of fascism and greed, polite feminism is capitulation. feministgiant.substack.com/p/editorial-fe…
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Fuck the patriarchy in every time zone and every universe.

I launched FEMINIST GIANT Newsletter because I refuse to be polite or civil in the face of patriarchy.

feministgiant.substack.com/p/coming-soon?…
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29 Oct
New logo!

Artist @sxgx designed these beauties for FEMINIST GIANT. I love them all and will be alternating feministgiant.substack.com/p/coming-soon FEMINIST GIANT words in yellow on a pink backdrop and aroundFEMINIST GIANT words in yellow on a black backdrop and arounFEMINIST GIANT words in black on a yellow backdrop and arounFEMINIST GIANT words in black on a neon violet backdrop and
I love the logo! And especially appreciate the Ankh - key of life - on the wrist, in a nod to our shared Egyptian heritage. Follow Sheyam Ghieth on Instagram where she posts many of her beautiful designs, which have a distinctly feminist and pro-queer ethos.
Also, look for BROTHERS, a critically-acclaimed short-form narrative series she produced that follows a group of transgender male friends, exploring what it means to go up against traditional societal gender roles. brothersseries.com
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29 Oct
#Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Alhathloul has begun another hunger strike to demand more contact with family.

Loujain has been jailed since May 2018 and has been tortured and threatened with rape.

For being a feminist. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
“In prison, my sister has been subjected to all forms of torture and degradation, including sexual abuse. I fear for her safety, and for her life, every day, @LinaAlhathloul washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/… #FreeLoujain
“Though Saudi Arabia was celebrated for lifting its ban on women driving in 2018, at least 11 of the activists instrumental in advancing that right were imprisoned.” #FreeLoujain
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28 Oct
Trump talking about what would happen if he and Biden fought. This hyper-masculine boasting is why I wrote Macho Man h/t @MetalRabbit13
Trump would be shirtless at rallies dancing to Macho Man if it weren’t for the fact that fascist patriarchy has determined which type of male body is conventionally attractive, powerful &suitable to display. Ironically for Trump, his is not it. Remember this? h/t @Heresy_Corner A tweet by Trump showing a picture of a boxer’s torso with
Which is why, absent his inability to display “physical perfection,” Trump instead displays not just toxic but uber and dangerous masculinity; a form that effectively bullied his medical team into letting him endanger both those around him and himself +ve #COVID19.
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28 Oct
“If I wanted politics in my vagina, I’d fuck a senator.”

A sign in #Poland from a protest against almost near-total ban on abortion.

Thursday: my new essay on the political importance of profanity 👉🏽feministgiant.substack.com/p/coming-soon 📷 Attila Husejnow A protestor wearing a red face mask holds a sign that reads
Protestors in #Poland chant “Fuck off,” tell right-wing govt and priests to fuck off.

The protests against new abortion restrictions are a reminder of the political importance of profanity around the world.

Dr. Stella Nyanzi in #Uganda is masterly!

📷 Attila Husejnow A protestor seen in a crowd, holding a sign that says Fuck o
Sign up to FEMINIST GIANT Newsletter and stay up to date with global feminist resistance to patriarchal fuckery feministgiant.substack.com/p/coming-soon?…
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27 Oct
#AmyConeyBarrett is a mediocre judge who was elevated because she’s a white mother of school-aged children who will do white supremacist patriarchy’s bidding in a country that hates mothers and their school-aged children who are not white feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-the-ju…
How hypocritical that in the middle of a pandemic, the administration that’s done so little for mothers of school-aged children, esp Black & women of colour, who are being pumelled by triple work loads, demands that we celebrate a privileged white mother of school-aged children.
How cruel - the ultimate adjective of the Trump era - that the administration that insists we celebrate that Barrett is a mother of school-aged children is the same admin that has ripped apart migrant mothers from their school-aged children in concentration camps at the border.
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