A feminist revolution dares to imagine liberation from militarism of the State & from its echo in conservatism of the Street & the Home. A feminist revolution recognizes that the hardest revolution is the one at Home because all dictators go home feministgiant.com/p/jan25-ten-ye…#Jan25
And a feminist revolution disobeys all those who insist “People are not ready,” because as revolutionaries we must recognize that if our communities are ready for us, we are too late. #Jan25
I will be writing more about the #Jan25 Revolution. As we see increasingly patriarchal authoritarians rise across the world, I am interested in the ways feminists and queer people are resisting. I wrote this about #Polandfeministgiant.com/p/fuck-is-a-fe…
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Like Ashli Babbitt, who was shot dead as she tried to smash her way into the Speaker's Lobby, Jessica Watkins was a veteran of the US war on Afghanistan. She is accused of 6 federal crimes, including conspiracy buzzfeednews.com/article/jessic…
"Decked out in full tactical gear, Jessica Watkins appeared ready for battle...
'We’re in the fucking Capitol, bro,' she declared, looking straight into a cellphone camera and flashing a victory sign." buzzfeednews.com/article/jessic…
At Trump's incitement she stormed the Capitol in full combat gear. She belongs to a white supremacist militia that supports that far-right conspiracy QAnon.
And yet "her boyfriend rejected the suggestion that she’s anti-government or violent."
This essay about James Bennett is a necessary reminder of the misogyny & boys club undergirding US media and how white men protect each other. Bennett - who left the NYT after publishing a fascist senator’s oped - has predictably landed on his feet. jenzerb.medium.com/i-left-my-care…
I was a contributing opinion writer at the NYT 2014-2018. Last time I I spoke to Bennett he told me to stop saying “fuck” on Twitter. So I started #WhyISayFuck. I explain here with background feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-…
I understand - because they write to me in private - that many in the US media can’t name shitty misogynist bosses and editors. I work for myself and I started this newsletter because I don’t give a fuck and I am beholden to no one feministgiant.com
Soon after the January 6 insurrection, I wrote 3 essays using a feminist lens to analyze the white supremacist violence that fueled it. This one on white women who stormed the Capitol
And this one on QAnon-supporting congresswomen—who are part of the historic female red wave that flipped seats in the House—who supported the insurrection
And this one on the white supremacist patriarchal violence that drove the insurrection and which will not disappear just because Trump is out of office
Earlier this month, I wrote about how dangerous Marjorie Taylor Greene is.
Every article that comes out about her has to make you wonder when this dangerous and vile congresswoman is going to be expelled and held accountable. h/t @rerutled
In September 2020, Greene posted on her candidate Facebook page an image of herself holding a gun alongside images of Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib and encouraged going on the "offense against these socialists." feministgiant.com/p/a-white-supr…
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a vile and dangerous woman. Her racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism is easy to find online and yet look how Elle magazine described her as late as Oct 2020. The fuckery that white women like her get away with!
A small joy these days is eyeliner. And of course my people have been wearing it since 10,000BC. I am putting all that I'm learning - including surfing eyeliner sites at 2am - into next FEMINIST GIANT essay.
"Kohl was used by both sexes and all social classes to protect the eyes from the intense glare of the desert sun. The Egyptian word for “makeup palette” derives from their word meaning “to protect,”a reference to its defensive abilities against the harsh sunlight or the Evil Eye"