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17 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Once again extolling the nonsensical and toxic fuckery of “civility” and “unity,” which much like toxic positivity, demands we delude ourselves into a lockstep that benefits who?

Biden hopes to avoid divisive Trump investigations, preferring unity.

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Two days after the election, and before Biden was declared winner, I wrote about this obsession with “unity” and “civility” feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-femini…
“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.”
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. feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-femini…

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#Egyptian activists arrested for contact with western diplomats, @hrw Human Rights Watch says.

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18 Nov
I never wanted children and I am childfree by choice so #ThxBirthControl - all of the various methods I’ve used.
My maternal grandmother was pregnant 14 times. She had 11 children, the eldest of whom is my mother who has 3 children, the eldest of whom is me.

I am happily childfree by choice. #ThxBirthControl
I wish I could talk to my grandmother so that I can hear from her what it was like to be pregnant 14 times. I was 13 yo when she died and had not had that conversation with her.

My paternal grandmother had eight children.

#ThxBirthControl
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17 Nov
Thank you @mr_mokgoroane for posting this. It was wrong of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to dismiss the anger and hurt of the trans community at J.K.Rowling’s transphobia and to side with a powerful author whose transphobia endangers trans people.
Here’s the full article via @mr_mokgoroane drive.google.com/file/d/1VL0QZz…
Here’s background: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie thinks JK Rowling's anti-trans essay was 'a perfectly reasonable piece' pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/15/chi…
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17 Nov
I love this article by @molarawood.
Congratulations @MaazaMengiste and @efie41209591, who are shortlisted for the @TheBookerPrizes!

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Artist @sxgx designed these beauties for FEMINIST GIANT. I love them all. I’m using the first one right now and will phase into the black one soon, alternating through all. feministgiant.substack.com/p/coming-soon FEMINIST GIANT in yellow letters on a pink background with aFEMINIST GIANT in yellow letters on a black background with FEMINIST GIANT in black letters on a yellow background withFEMINIST GIANT in black letters on a pink background with a
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