This week is 10th anniv of the Arab Spring, when #Tunisia rose up vs long-time dictator Ben Ali. Article soon but for now:
- In Tunisia, there was a fistfight in parliament after conservative lawmaker called single mothers "whores." Feminist protests vs him called "distractions"
- In Tunisia, there was a fistfight in parliament after conservative lawmaker called single mothers "whores." Feminist protests vs him called "distractions"
- In Saudi Arabia, feminist activist Loujain al-Hathloul is on trial in a terrorism court for campaigning for women's rights.
- In Palestine, the brothers and brother-in-law of a woman they beat to death last year for posting a picture with her fiance have just been released.
- In Palestine, the brothers and brother-in-law of a woman they beat to death last year for posting a picture with her fiance have just been released.
- In Egypt, a woman is being criminalized and threatened with jail for exposing her sexual harassment, female TiK Tok users are in prison for "violating family values" and witnesses in a gang rape case are in detention.
Fuck the patriarchy.
Fuck the patriarchy.
“Until the rage shifts from the oppressors in our presidential palaces to the oppressors on our street corners and in our homes, our revolution has not even begun.”
I call that the Trifecta of Misogyny: State, Street, Home, which together oppress women.From #HeadscarvesAndHymens
I call that the Trifecta of Misogyny: State, Street, Home, which together oppress women.From #HeadscarvesAndHymens
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