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16 Feb, 10 tweets, 4 min read
Whatever differences Trump and Bannon had, always remember: on his last night in office, Trump pardoned Bannon (who supported the insurrection) and said “our (America First) movement has only just begun.” Bannon coined “America First” and will always be Pied Piper of Fascism Headline with picture of Tr...
Bannon, who had been keeping a low profile, resurfaced in time to help engineer the attempted coup to keep Trump in power.

Bannon is the Chief of Staff for the White Supremacist Patriarchy,

feministgiant.com/p/the-self-par…
In first tweet: Bannon coined “America First” policies and pushed Trump to sign on to fascist fuckery like Muslim Ban.
Remember Bannon once called Ivanka Trump "dumb as bricks"? V soon after her father pardoned him, he was saying this about her. nytimes.com/article/trump-… Text: “Ivanka would be a t...
These fascist fucks don't fight with each other.

They plot and they plan and they expect us to waste our energy and focus by endlessly parsing their arguments.

Fuck fascism.
Notably, Bannon was the only member of the campaign who persuaded Trump “you can survive this,” after the Access Hollywood “grab them by the pussy” tape came out. Everyone else thought Trump was done for. From "Fear: Trump in the White House" by Bob Woodward Image
Days after Trump was elected, he created the new role of “chief strategist” for Bannont. It was such a disturbing prospect that “169 members of the House - all Democrats - sent a letter to the president-elect asking him to withdraw Bannon's nomination cicilline.house.gov/press-release/…
So, Trump and Bannon: he fires him, he pardons him, whatever they do, focus on their fascist fuckery because "our movement has only just begun." feministgiant.com/p/the-self-par…
Trump was not an aberration. He was fruition of white supremacy, misogyny, Christian fundamentalism, militarism & authoritarianism.

Steve Bannon is the gardener tasked with pruning & cross-pollinating the poisonous blossoms.

Stay vigilant. Fuck the white supremacist patriarchy
Coming soon: I'm writing about this other fascist fuck across the Atlantic and the parade of blonde white fascists in politics. Sign up feministgiant.com Image

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17 Feb
This is a 14 minute clip that explains what my book The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is all about, including why I started #IBeatMyAssaulter, #MosqueMeToo, and #WhyISayFuck via @YouTube
My essay on #IBeatMyAssaulter and #MosqueMeToo

I Beat My Assaulter, And It Was Fucking Glorious feministgiant.com/p/i-beat-my-as…
My essay on #WhyISayFuck

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16 Feb
We are not going to change the world by politely asking it to stop being so unjust.

“I do not believe that we can restore and expand the freedoms that our lives require unless and until we embrace the justice of our rage,” June Jordan feministgiant.com/p/letter-dear-…
"You were born with that raging fight inside you but the patriarchy has socialized it out of you and replaced it with acquiescence and a timidity that you will be taught are a privilege. Throw back that empty gift box. Better yet, tear it apart. Your anger is the real gift."
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16 Feb
#Egypt now has the region’s first ever multidisciplinary center for #FGM survivors, where services include clitoral reconstruction surgery and therapy. Thank you @SanamF24 for highlighting co-founder Dr. Reem Awwad’s work to help survivors and #EndFGM

So many women I love in #Egypt - in my extended family and outside of it - have been subjected to the torture that is female genital mutilation/cutting. It crushes my heart.
And so I am so glad to know of the work of Dr. Reham Awwad and the centre she co-founded to help survivors
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16 Feb
cw: violence

"A man has been found not guilty of murdering his wife, just days into the first national Covid lockdown. Anthony Williams, 70, said he "just flipped" and strangled his wife Ruth at their home."

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How long must we wait until men stop beating and murdering us, even under #COVID19? And being found “not guilty?”

I made this in April
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“The legal system is designed to protect men from the superior power of the state but not to protect women or children from the superior power of men,” U.S. feminist psychiatrist Judith Herman, Trauma and Recovery, The Aftermath of Violence-From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Text: “The legal system is designed to protect men from th
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16 Feb
A woman’s right to be free of rape or sexual assault should not be dependent on her relationship to a man. She should not have to be your daughter/sister/wife/girlfriend in order to be believed or to be free of sexual violence. #BrittanyHiggins
After I beat the fuck out of a man who sexually assaulted me in a club, a club manager asked me what happened and when I told him, he looked at my Beloved and said "Why didn't you let your husband take care of it?" I almost beat him up too feministgiant.com/p/i-beat-my-as…
“First of all, he’s not my husband,” I replied. “Also, this is my body, I take care of it.”

Patriarchy enables and protects men who sexually assault women, and it demands that only other men “protect” us. As long as we obey and behave in ways it approves of, of course.
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15 Feb
There is “no going back to normal.” We must emerge, not regress. I refuse to emerge as if unscathed. I insist that we all be scathed. We will emerge, our hearts unhealed and scarred but awesome. feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin…
Over the past few months, I've been writing more than I usually do. It's as if all the words i used to use in conversations with others are now, in lockdown, going onto the page. An essay per week for months, sometimes two a week.
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Both Falling Apart Like a Feminist & my latest deal with sexual assault & are some of my most personal writing. This new one looks back at times when I was 4yo, 15yo, and 50yo and fuck - our lives shouldn't be marked by sexual violence feministgiant.com/p/i-beat-my-as…
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