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7 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
I refuse to allow those who don't recognize my full humanity to expect politeness or civility or unity or sympathy from me.
Fuck Trump and everyone who voted for that fascist white supremacist
I recorded this in front of the White House in January 🎥 @rerutled
The feminist argument for withholding sympathy & civility and saying "Fuck Trump.” Profanity is politically important feministgiant.substack.com/p/editorial-fe…
On the political importance of profanity: Fuck is a Feminist Word feministgiant.substack.com/p/fuck-is-a-fe…
FEMINIST GIANT is never polite because patriarchy is never polite feministgiant.substack.com/p/coming-soon

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Mona Eltahawy Profile picture
9 Nov
I refuse to allow those who don't recognize my full humanity to expect politeness of me.

Essay: Fuck is a Feminist Word by @monaeltahawy feministgiant.substack.com/p/fuck-is-a-fe…
I refuse to allow those who don't recognize my full humanity to expect politeness or civility or unity or sympathy from me.

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Polite feminism is capitulation. These times of fascism and greed must be met with the political power of profanity.

“Mona Eltahawy Would Like You to Fuck Right Off With Your Civility Politics”

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8 Nov
We are not obligated to show respect to those in power. Polite feminism is capitulation. These times of fascism and greed must be met with the political power of profanity. feministgiant.substack.com/p/fuck-is-a-fe…
Who determines what is “civil” and what is “rude?” Civility, decorum, manners and the like are used to uphold authority--patriarchy, whiteness, wealth, other forms of privilege
And we are urged to acquiesce in service to 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. Dictators, authoritarians & patriarchs demand obedience, despise disruption & are especially angered by disrespect.
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7 Nov
FUCKING FINALLY!

Good fucking riddance Donald J. Trump, you fucking fascist white supremacist shit, and Mike Pence, you religious zealot.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: I am relieved and promise you that we are paying attention! #ElectionResults2020
Relieved that the fascist fuck is gone but I insist that you remember that 70 million Americans voted for Trump.

We have a MASSIVE FIGHT ahead against white supremacist patriarchy and against the complacency of white liberals #PresidentElectJoe #PresidentBidenVPHarris2020
Declare your winner, America. I will defy, disobey, and disrupt your celebration. 

Feminist Killjoy Here To Wreck Your Parties feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-femini… #PresidentElect
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7 Nov
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.
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6 Nov
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.
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6 Nov
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. 

New essay: Feminist Killjoy Here To Wreck Your Parties feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-femini…
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.
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