When media like Axios equivocate between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ilhan Omar and other members of the Squad, against whom Greene has incited violence, it is spineless “both sides“ fuckery and paves the way for the GOP to do the same.
That spineless “both sides“ media fuckery that consistently refused and failed to call out Trump’s racism and fascism, is at work again creating a false and dangerous equivalence. And gives GOP cover to do this yahoo.com/entertainment/…
To lump Greene - an antifeminist and Islamophobic white supremacist - in with Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, AOC, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley - Black and women of colour who include Muslim women - it lazy and dangerous normalization of Greene's violence.
“The fear of not knowing who will be taken next, my friends have been abducted, my partner has been abducted, I think I am fortunate that I got out when I could,” @drstellanyanzi
“I am in Kenya because Ugandans in the opposition who have criticized the government of Yoweri Museveni are getting abducted every day from the streets, from their homes, from their beds..." #StellaNyanzi
Pay attention to the exile of Dr. Stella Nyanzi - she is one of the most important feminists of our time.
She personifies the political power of profanity. The #Ugandan dictator jailed her for it. And now is in exile.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib's testimony is gut wrenching, historic and absolutely vital viewing. I salute her. And I salute Rep. AOC reaching out to her. This along with AOC's Instagram Live are historic: women in power showing us vulnerability. h/t @rerutled
It is so important that Tlaib and AOC refuse the "Put up and shut up and be grateful we let you in the men's club" thinking that socialized women of my genderation and older women to put a "brave" face on it.
The election of Reps. AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and more recently Cori Bush, was a big fuck you to white supremacists, misogynists, Islamophobes, racists. That is why I wrote this
One after another, white women as the face of American fascism h/t @realkatyhilton
White women as the face of American fascism: Marjorie Taylor Greene 📷Joshua Roberts/Reuters h/t @rerutled
White women as the face of American fascism: Fascists want that white female face to their white supremacist misogyny so that they can shrug and say “We aren't misogynist. We have women on our side.” feministgiant.com/p/a-white-supr…
“The abductions and detentions of political actors were getting closer to me; my children have been targets of police trailing. I just left prison in February last year and I don’t want to go back,” Dr Stella Nyanzi theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-…
Stella Nyanzi is a revolutionary. I devote much of my chapter on the political importance of profanity to her. Her feminist fight for liberation from the 30+ years of the Museveni dictatorship in Uganda has inspired us all over the world lithub.com/mona-eltahawy-…
Marjorie Taylor Greene: antifeminist, white supremacist, Christian zealot, Islamophobe, anti-Semite, and conspiracy theorist. CameraJoshua Roberts/Reuters h/t @rerutled
I see Marjorie Taylor Greene alongside Marine Le Pen, Alice Weidel, and other women of the far right. These white (blonde) women benefit from and give cover to fascism. They are the ultimate Footsoldiers of the White Supremacist Patriarchy. More soon 👉🏽 feministgiant.com
The question is: who will become *the* face of US Fascism? feministgiant.com
If Marjorie Taylor Greene was a Muslim, she would be in Guantanamo Bay and in shackles. But because she is white, evangelical, and a woman-a rich one at that-she is instead a member of the House of Representatives in the most powerful country in the world. feministgiant.com/p/if-marjorie-…
Greene, who has backed insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6, must not just be kicked off of committees but kicked out of the House, where she rubs shoulders with the very lawmakers against whom she has incited violence.