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Sarah Khan

28 Dec, 5 tweets, 1 min read

yeah the headline is bad but this definition of feminism a few paras in might be worse:

“Feminism meant cheering on women trying to gain status in this broken system.” 😑

nytimes.com/2020/12/23/opi…

There is a certain audacity in deeming this form of feminism “new”...

And by that I don’t mean the good kind of audacity lol.

Ah yes the two roles WOC can play: babysitter or role model.

Never peers obviously. That kind of relationship would require that brand new type of solidarity feminism that doesn’t exist yet ;)

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30 Dec

Given BB’s death anniversary on Dec 27, and all kinds of recent spotlight on Maryam Nawaz, I’ve been thinking about the gendered nature of dynastic politics in PK, and the research that has helped me understand it. 🧵/1

@NiloSiddiqui

I explored this a bit in my chapter on women’s exclusion from electoral politics in a volume on Pakistan’s Political Parties edited by @NiloSiddiqui @sahar_shafqat & Mariam Mufti press.georgetown.edu/book/georgetow…

The book is out now in PK via @Foliobooks: foliobooks.pk/book-store/fol… /2

Here’s a figure from that chapter. The pattern extends beyond BB & MNS; women elected representatives with family connections make up a starkly high proportion of all women in national & provincial assemblies. There’s a gender gap in dynastic connections /3

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Sarah Khan

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16 Jul 18

this is going to be a long thread about why i, a political scientist, am going to vote in the Pakistani General Elections on 25 July (and also other things) 1/N

for the past months I have felt incredibly conflicted about the repressive environment in Pakistan in the lead up to elections. this past week with so many lives lost, everything has felt utterly meaningless 2/N

i spent the better part of a year on a project on women’s voter turnout with amazing coauthors, the best survey team I’ve ever worked with, and dedicated partner orgs. but recently it has felt hollow in the face of bigger issues 3/N

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