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…
🎥 @rerutled

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?…
Revolutions are not polite: I refuse to allow those who don't recognize my full humanity to expect politeness of me. Understand how civility, decorum, manners, are used to uphold authority. We are urged to acquiesce as a form of maintaining that authority.
FEMINIST GIANT Newsletter is free because I want it to be accessible to everyone, esp these days of pandemic.

Click “Subscribe” & choose “None” for free email list - identical to paying list.

If you can pay, it will help me to keep the newsletter free. feministgiant.substack.com/p/coming-soon

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1 Nov
FEMINIST GIANT Newsletter is TWO MONTHS old today! Thank you all who have signed up.

The newsletters is free because I want it to be accessible to all, esp now with funds limited for so many. If you can pay, it helps keep it free. Sign up!
Four of my essays for FEMINIST GIANT Newsletter are making the rounds this morning:

Macho Man on the homoeroticism of fascism
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1 Nov
Why is core message of protests in #Poland vs near-total abortion ban “fuck off” to priests & far-right govt? Why are priests, far-right govt & groups the trinity of opposition to largest protests in #Poland since fall of Communism in 1989? #StrajkKobiet
When the fascist fucks in your country use a pandemic to tighten their grip on your body with a near total ban on abortion, the path to freedom must be paved with profanity. Politeness is capitulation. Fuck is a feminist word feministgiant.substack.com/p/fuck-is-a-fe… #StrajkKobiet
Daily protests organized by Women’s Strike, chant “fuck off,” hold massive banners telling right-wing populist Law & Justice (PiS) govt to “Get the fuck out” & “PiS off,” & carry rainbow pride flag in recognition of dovetailing of feminist & LGBTQ resistance to fascist fuckery. A sig held by a protestor t...Women's rights activists wi...
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1 Nov
“I want every young woman to know there’s a place for you in America if you are pro-life, if you embrace your religion, and you follow traditional family structure.”

Let’s be clear: Lindsey Graham & GOP want cis white women to have more white babies
Graham is the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee & wants white women to be like #AmyConeyBarrett. Another senator on the committee wanted to know - during Barrett’s confirmation hearing - who did the laundry in her house. Babies and laundry
Wealthy, white, cis(het), able-bodied Christian men completed conservative domination of #SCOTUS w/ confirmation of an obedient white, cishet, Christian extremist mother.

White supremacist patriarchy raises its girls well. feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-the-ju…
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1 Nov
As with #Egypt, this homoerotic bare and barrel-chested display in Algeria is happening in a homophobic country where same-sex relations are punishable by 2yrs in jail and a court recently convicted 44 on homosexuality charges
If fascism is theatre, as Jean Genet observed, whose bodies are centre stage? I explain in my essay on the preening hyper masculinity of fascist patriarchy, which prefers its men bare and barrel-chested like Algeria ☝🏽and #Egypt 👇🏽
Remember this when you hear Pride Parade jokes about those bare and barrel-chested Algerian men on display for the ruler:

Algeria: Mass Convictions for Homosexuality hrw.org/news/2020/10/1…
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1 Nov
“I want every young woman to know there’s a place for you in America if you are pro-life, if you embrace your religion, and you follow traditional family structure.” Let’s be clear: Graham & GOP want white women to have more white babies lgbtqnation.com/2020/10/lindse… h/t @graygoogirl
Lindsey Graham said the above after he described what he likes about #AmyConeyBarrett: She is Patriarchy’s Five-Star General as I explain here feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-the-ju…
What better way to fuck over everyone who’s not a wealthy, white, cishet, able-bodied Christian man than by completing conservative domination of SCOTUS w/ confirmation of an obedient white, cishet, Christian extremist mother? 
White supremacist patriarchy raises its girls well.
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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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