Suspected human remains have been found during the search for a woman believed to have been kidnapped and murdered by a London police officer. google.com/amp/s/www.alja… #SarahEverard
#SarahEverard, 33, vanished shortly after 21:00 GMT while walking home from a friend’s apartment in south London on March 3.
The case coincidentally coincided with the publication of a report by UN Women UK that showed virtually all young women in the UK have been subjected to sexual harassment.

google.com/amp/s/amp.theg… #SarahEverard #ReclaimTheseStreets
“How long must we wait so that men stop raping us? What will it take so that men stop murdering us?”

What fucking world is this? Police do not protect us. A police officer is the suspect in the abduction and kidnap of #SarahEverard. I don’t want to be protected. I want patriarchy to stop protecting cis men’s violence (from April 2020) 🎥 @rerutled
How many rapists must we kill? feministgiant.com/p/how-many-rap…
I saw so many UK women tweet the times they were sexually assaulted walking home. I send them love and solidarity. I did not have the emotional energy to share.

How often must women bleed these stories out for our right to be free of cis male violence to be taken seriously?
And remember home is not safer. This pandemic has been a horrifying reminder, with a spike globally in intimate partner terrorism and domestic abuse (from April 2020) 🎥 @rerutled
Prisons around the world are full of women who fight back and the streets are full of the men who assaulted them.

feministgiant.com/p/i-beat-my-as…
The police do not “protect” us. I do not want protection- it is conditional. I want to be free of gendered violence and I want patriarchy to stop enabling and protecting violent cis men h/t @NVBwatch
“Women domestically abused by police officers feel "doubly powerless" as their abusers are too often protected from facing justice, campaigners say.”

bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
Remember:
- not everyone can call the police.

- not everyone wants to call the police.

- the police do not protect everyone: ask Indigenous women, Black women, women of colour, marginalized women, sex workers, etc

- I do not want to be protected. I want to be free of violence

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13 Mar
FEMINIST GIANT sends love and solidarity to all who took part in the #AuratMarch in #Pakistan and to all who were arrested in #Turkey after #InternationalWomensDay marches. Samiha Hossain has included stories on both marches in Global Roundup.
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Subscribe to FEMINIST GIANT for twice weekly Global Roundups of feminist resistance to patriarchal fuckery. Inaara Merani compiles Wednesday's and Samiha Hossain compiles Friday's roundups.

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Also in Friday's Global Roundup compiled by Samiha Hossain:

-Justice for El Salvadorian Woman
-Poland Tightens Same-Sex Adoption Ban
-Indigenous Language Revitalization

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12 Mar
FEMINIST GIANT Global Roundup compiled by Samiha Hossain:

-Women in Pakistan and Turkey Protest
-Justice for El Salvadorian Woman
-Poland Tightens Same-Sex Adoption Ban
-Indigenous Language Revitalization

feministgiant.com/p/global-round…
FEMINIST GIANT is intentionally intersectional. Global Roundup brings you stories of Indigenous feminist resistance from around the world - including ways to ensuring access to care during the pandemic feministgiant.com/p/global-round…
And Indigenous women's land rights feministgiant.com/p/global-round…
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12 Mar
The chapter on Violence in The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is the most controversial of the "sins." I stand in the disturbance and discomfort caused by the questions I've posted in it. An excerpt feministgiant.com/p/how-many-rap…
I insist you stand in that discomfort and disturbance too, because women, girls, nonbinary and queer people face more than disturbance and discomfort -- they are dying, and patriarchy shows little concern.
In the chapter, I quote University of Miami School of Law professor Mary Anne Franks @ma_franks'2016 law review article Men, Women, and Optimal Violence repository.law.miami.edu/fac_articles/2… Text: “Society would be bet...
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12 Mar
Fuck the patriarchy in every time zone and in every universe. The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is out in Ireland and the UK on 22 April via @TrampPress. Pre-order here feministgiant.com/p/the-seven-ne…
One of the "sins" is Profanity: feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-…
And another "sin" is Violence feministgiant.com/p/how-many-rap…
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12 Mar
Whether we are urged to be civil to racists or polite to patriarchy, the goal is the same: to maintain the power of the racist, to maintain the power of patriarchy.

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

Patriarchy insists it controls everything, including our mouths. When our mouths threaten that control, patriarchy insists we shut them.
I refuse to be polite or civil with anyone who does not acknowledge my full humanity. Profanity for me is political, not just personal. Profanity is politically important.

Subscribe to FEMINIST GIANT. It's free. If you can pay, it helps keep it free.
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11 Mar
I have cleaned three fountain pens and refilled them with ink in preparation for a new writing project.

Cleaning and refilling pens, getting my fingers stained with ink, testing out the new colours: acts of meditation.
I am relatively new to the world of fountain pens and inks. For those asking:

Pens: Lamy Safari is a favourite because it is not so expensive - around $20 depending on where you shop. Pens can be super expensive.

Inks: Diamine which have an extensive range of colours and Herbin
I love vivid, saturated colours for my inks. I usually use shades of blue, purple and green. Like my eyeliner!

The world of pens & ink can be super $$$, exclusive and snobbish. I’m here to tell you that you don’t have to be any of those things to enjoy fountain pens 💜✊🏽❤️
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