Trump might be losing, and Biden might win,know this: white supremacist patriarchy is the real winner in America. So let me wreck your party and tell you that even if Trump loses,we are still fucked.
If Biden wins the presidency, white liberals who spent the Trump era crying “This isn’t my America” (sidenote: WHAT FUCKING AMERICA HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING IN?) will now celebrate “My America is back!” and go on amnesia overdrive.
Those of us who want liberation, remember. Democrat or Republican, regardless of who occupies the White House, I fight the crimes of white supremacist patriarchy because the presidents never do.
So while of course I want Trump gone, I know much of what brought him will remain and that much of what brought him is this country and the white supremacist patriarchy that is foundational to it, and not only to the GOP.
And his next iteration will be cleaner, fitter, better dressed & politer so that those who aren’t wealthy, able-bodied, cisgender, heterosexual, conservative white men can vote for him unabashedly & unashamedly and say they did it for God, country and to keep our pussies in check
Whichever one of the two white men in their 70s win, I am here to wreck your party. Regardless of how the useful idiot of white supremacist patriarchy fares, his was never the only head I wanted. So, declare your winner, America. I will defy, disobey, and disrupt your celebration
Feminism is the antidote to conservatism: a robust, unapologetic, incredibly rude “Fuck You, You Will Not Get Away With This” Feminism. I don’t care who is in the White House. I am not a polite feminist. And I long ago dispensed with civility and unity. feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-femini…
I’m a tenaciously optimistic person. My optimism is saved from being foolish by my tenacity and that tenacity finds its teeth in feminism.
White supremacist patriarchy has erected a big tent for patriarchs of all backgrounds to enter. If you can’t be white, you can still share in patriarchal glory. White supremacy doesn’t jealously guard toxic masculinity; it does not hold a copyright over patriarchal fuckery.
My concern if Joe Biden wins the presidency is that the white liberals who spent the Trump era crying “This isn’t my America” (sidenote: WHAT FUCKING AMERICA HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING IN?) will now celebrate “My America is back!” and go on amnesia overdrive. feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-femini…
Those of us who want liberation, remember.
Democrat or Republican, regardless of who occupies the White House, I fight the crimes of white supremacist patriarchy because the presidents never do.
So while of course I want Trump gone, I know much of what brought him will remain and that much of what brought him is this country and the white supremacist patriarchy that is foundational to it, and not only to the GOP.
The re-election of Susan Collins and Lindsey Graham to the Senate, and this 👇🏽(h/t @rerutled) is a further reminder of what is at stake post #Election2020
- Whose America is this?
- Who is it for?
With a Supreme Court dominated by conservatives, a Senate that looks like it will continue to have a GOP majority and the GOP also making strides in the House - all during after Pres. Grab Them By The Pussy, pandemic, massive unemployment levels, BLM uprising: what the fuck.
An estimated 68 million American voters chose fascism.
That so many Americans voted for Trump is an indictment of America and a reminder the fuckery of this moment and the magnitude of the work ahead.
Unless you are a wealthy, able-bodied, cisgender, heterosexual, conservative white man, voting GOP/Trump means:
-You benefit from proximity to one
-You wish to be one
-You want to have their advantages & to hell w/everyone else
When #ElectionResults2020 are announced, know there are multiple fights still ahead. White supremacy, misogyny, capitalism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism: won’t disappear, regardless of White House occupant for next 4yrs. How I will fight 👇🏽feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-become…
My concern if Trump won: more fascism, further unleashed by the I-Don’t-Give-A-Fuck of a victorious incumbent
My concern if Trump lost:
- fascism unleashed by a defeated incumbent and his supporters.
- what to do with his base which will not overnight stop being utter shits
If you are looking for words to express the centrality of white women to the white supremacist patriarchal enterprise in the United States, FEMINIST GIANT has a few essays for you:
Because of massive protests organized by Women’s Strike - the largest protests in #Polamd since the fall of communism - the new restrictions on abortion were delayed theguardian.com/world/2020/nov…#StrajkKobiet
Enforcers of patriarchal fuckery are a fascist trinity comprised of far-right groups, the police, and the church. The first two worked in unison to block and remove women’s rights protestors who tried to enter churches, the third played the civility card.
Far-right groups have attacked protesters, and government figures stoke the tensions. Ruling far-right party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski Jarosław Kaczyński, told people they should “defend churches” from the protesters after some were defaced. #StrajkKobiet