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9 Apr, 6 tweets, 3 min read
The hieroglyphic term for makeup artist derives from the root “sesh,” which translates to write/engrave. As I hold the liner brush, I feel like a calligrapher, writing a letter of love to myself. 📷 @rerutled
feministgiant.com/p/deliberate-b… Mona looking at the camera wearing thick black rimmed glasse
A letter that connects me to a heritage extending millenia before me: men and women of all social classes were wearing eyeliner in Egypt as early as 6000 BC for adornment and protection, for this life and the life to come. I explain feministgiant.com/p/deliberate-b…
The ancient Egyptian word for “makeup palette” derives from the word meaning “to protect.” They believed Kohl eyeliner protected them vs the harsh sunlight or the Evil Eye; I believe the eyeliner I apply every day protects me vs the harsh days of pandemic and perimenopause. Open pots of eyeiner (purple, light blue, green) and their l
Eyeliner is part of my ritual of Deliberate Beauty: it is unconcerned with the male gaze and is an investment in the strength of my heart. It connects me to a heritage extending millenia before me and which demands, as it looks ahead, urgently, “Find beauty! Joy is coming!” A detail of a painting from the tomb of Nakht depicting thre
Every morning as I engrave my eyes with turquoise, teal, mauve, or bronze, I am a calligrapher once again, rewriting that love letter to myself to remember joy feministgiant.com/p/deliberate-b…
I will be writing more about #DeliberateBeauty.

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10 Apr
I wrote a chapter in my latest book about the importance of attention for women and here you are thinking you’re shaming me by calling me an “attention seeker!” Of course I want attention. My work is important and my ideas are important and they deserve attention.
The chapter is based on my oped:

Nothing threatens the patriarchy more than a woman unafraid to demand attention. Because the most subversive thing a woman can do is talk about her life as if it matters. google.com/amp/s/www.nbcn…
The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls is available in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and France and is out in Ireland and the UK via @TrampPress on 22 April. Pre-order here feministgiant.com/p/the-seven-ne…
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9 Apr
I do not mourn racists/sexists or any royals.

Monarchies everywhere should be abolished, esp one which colonized and pillaged so extensively.

To stop regular broadcasting because a royal has died, during a pandemic in a country where more than 100k have died, is ridiculous
And a forced politeness over the death of a racist, sexist prince is revisionism and hypocrisy. The relatives of the dead prince can mourn him how they want. To force grief and revisionism on everyone else: no

There's a fucking global pandemic that has killed 2.5 million people
For the “this isn’t the time or place” people:

I don’t subscribe to “time and place” aka civility politics.

Or “think of his family”:

My tweets are not depriving the family from grieving. They can grieve any way they want. I’m also guessing they’re not on Twitter right now.
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8 Apr
When talking about women on the Capitol riot frontlines, it is imperative that you say WHITE women. Because it is not Black, Indigenous or women of colour who have a "long history...of contributing to far-right terrorism in the United States." h/t @cstephens2
I wrote about this for FEMINIST GIANT on January 10: White Women Storm the Capitol feministgiant.com/p/white-women-…
It is not "women" who were on the frontlines of the Capitol riot. It is white women who were.
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6 Apr
I have been so fucking bone-tired-exhausted, the stay in bed all day kind of exhaustion. As I explained here: I don't have covid, I have perimenopause.
feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin…
I have gone weeks with feeling good, no waking up with crushing anxiety, no exhaustion and then these past few days I feel like I'm being pushed through some kind of trial by hormonal fire. I'm telling you all this because we need to say and hear it more.
So if you're perimenopausal and you're in a fuck this shit phase, I want you to know that I know.

I feel like I'm going through the Twelve Tasks of the Menopause or something so that I can finally be free.
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4 Apr
Full solidarity with Mexican women protesting the police murder of Victoria Esperanza Salazar last Saturday. Her neck was broken after a female officer pinned her to the ground while she was handcuffed. bbc.com/news/world-lat… 📷 Cuartoscuro #JusticiaParaVictoria A woman with her back to th...
Fuck the police everywhere elpais.com/mexico/2021-03… #JusticiaParaVictoria A woman is pinned to the gr...
An autopsy indicates that Victoria's spine was severed by the weight of the police officer kneeling on the her back she was arrested in the resort town of Tulum. There have been several protests by women since. npr.org/2021/03/31/983… This 📷from Friday via @i_alaniis A woman seen from the back ...
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1 Apr
It is always a fucking thrill when someone says "I will not be polite anymore" or "Stop telling me to stop saying 'fuck!'" that people send them my views on profanity. Here in Danish
And German
My essay on the political importance of swearing is in the Top 5 most popular essays on FEMINIST GIANT
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