Thread by @monaeltahawy

This gives a whole new meaning to eating cake...

https://twitter.com/bbcworld/status/1351498663076507652

Patriarchy is obsessed with genitals: “The cakes, topped with genitalia and underwear fashioned out of fondant icing, were eaten at a birthday party at an exclusive Cairo sports club. After photographs went viral , the baker was arrested and later released on $319 (£234) bail.”

Fucking ludicrous: “A top religious body warned that such baked goods were forbidden by Islam.
Dar al-Ifta wrote on Facebook that products featuring sexual representations were "an assault on the value system and a crude abuse of society".

A woman is detained for a cake in the country where bare chested police cadets parade for Trump’s “favourite dictator” Sisi (from September)

I wrote this about it: in #Egypt the more cishet men strip, the more they’re celebrated. Women and queer people are criminalized and slut-shamed feministgiant.com/p/essay-macho-…

Also remember that the regime’s moral crusade has targeted women TIk Tok influencers google.com/amp/s/abcnews.… #Egypt

And the regime never runs out of reasons to criminalize and slut-shame
#Egypt

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1333540198555283462

From 2017: “Across the MidEast and NAfrica, increasingly bold expressions of sexual freedom are clearly unsettling regimes accustomed to being guardians not just of “national security” but also of our bodies and sexualities.” google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…