Thread by @monaeltahawy

Trump has pushed the bar so low - has smashed it to pieces - that many will be tempted to celebrate Biden’s cabinet nominees simply for “back to business.” That should never be enough. Coming soon: my feminist analysis of his picks. Sign up 👉🏽feministgiant.substack.com/p/coming-soon

It is not enough to have historic “firsts” and, for those of us who are not white, it is not enough to have people who look like us in positions of power.

Always ask what they’re going to do with that power and will they uphold nor dismantle patriarchy & existing oppressions.

I wrote this not just because she was nominated by Trump but because #AmyConeyBarrett is a mediocre judge and dangerous zealot. She is a Five-Star General of the Patriarchy.

I will bring as tough a critique to Biden’s nominees.

feministgiant.substack.com/p/if-amy-coney…

I wrote this not just because she was nominated by Trump but because I don’t consider it a feminist victory that a woman can torture as well as a man can.

I will bring a tough a critique to Biden’s nominees we are told are “feminist victories.”

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Feminism is not about supporting a woman merely because she is a woman. To demand I support a woman simply because she is a woman, with no regard to whether she upholds or works to destroy patriarchy, is to reduce feminism to a Sorority of Pinky Swears feministgiant.substack.com/p/essay-the-ju…

The goal of feminism cannot be simply the elevation of any and all women. What a vacant and meaningless goal that would be, without also destroying patriarchy.

Patriarchal fuckery is no more palatable because it is delivered by women.