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15 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
“You need to respect the chair and shut your mouth,” Rep. Maxine Waters to Jim Jordan h/t @rerutled

"I am writing to you because I want you to know the importance of telling a man to shut the fuck up."

feministgiant.com/p/letter-dear-…
"I am writing to you because I want you to know that “getting along” & “uniting” & “being civil” w/white supremacist patriarchy makes you complicit in its crimes. We must never “get along” w/fascists.We must never “unite” w/white supremacists.We must always “argue” w/patriarchy"
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15 Apr
I often say Muslim women are caught between a rock (Islamophes and racists) and a hard place (community misogynists) and to both I say a big FUCK YOU. This is a horrendous reminder npr.org/2021/04/15/984… h/t @weddady
"Shibly's critics say his alleged actions were shrouded by a culture of silence, rooted partly in Muslim taboos about discussing personal scandals and partly out of fear that the fallout would fuel vicious anti-Muslim hostility."
"When your community is being attacked and diminished and demeaned every single day...it's difficult to invite even more of that," Laila Abdelaziz, who worked under Hassan Shibly at the CAIR Florida chapter. She resigned in 2016 in part because Shibly sexually harassed her.
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14 Apr
I'm always delighted to see this clip being retweeted.
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.

feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-…
Profanity is one of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls. My book is coming out in Ireland and the UK via @TrampPress IN ONE WEEK! Pre-order here
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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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9 Apr
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
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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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