Thread by @monaeltahawy

FEMINIST GIANT will return 1st week of January. Here are Top 5 essays:

"I am writing to you because I want you to know the importance of telling a man to shut the fuck up. I am writing to you because I want you to know the power of being dangerous." feministgiant.com/p/letter-dear-…

"So successful has white supremacist patriarchy been at convincing white women that they’re lucky to live in U.S. & not Saudi Arabia/Iran, that so many white women did not pay enough attention to theocracy that white supremacy was building right at home." feministgiant.com/p/if-amy-coney…

"My sympathy is with the families Trump and his criminal negligence have destroyed, with Black families disproportionately affected by COVID19, with families caged and separated at the border, with families he destroyed with the Muslim Ban. Fuck Trump." feministgiant.com/p/editorial-fe…

"I refuse to emerge as if unscathed. I insist that we all be scathed, that we refuse to be the people we were at the start of the pandemic. A pandemic, like revolution, does not happen overnight." feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin…

"We must make patriarchy fear us. We must reject politeness; there is nothing polite about patriarchy. We must reject civility; there is nothing civil about racism or misogyny." feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-…

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FEMINIST GIANT the video

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1300862841516371969

“It is no exaggeration to say that the pandemic and the economic crisis it has triggered are a fucking disaster for women. About 22% women in the U.S. have been pushed out of the labour force & 42% of women w/kids under 2yo reported leaving the workforce” feministgiant.com/p/essay-a-time…