"Fuck school, fuck softball, fuck cheer, fuck everything," said a then 14yo cheerleader on Snapchat after she didn't make Varsity.
The Supreme Court hears arguments this week in the case of the school vs the sweary cheerleader h/t @rerutled
insider.com/supreme-court-…
The Supreme Court hears arguments this week in the case of the school vs the sweary cheerleader h/t @rerutled
insider.com/supreme-court-…
I'm a massive fan of profanity. I am intentionally sweary. And I write often about who can swear and when.
Patriarchy insists it controls everything, including our mouths. When our mouths threaten that control, patriarchy insists we shut them. feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-…
Patriarchy insists it controls everything, including our mouths. When our mouths threaten that control, patriarchy insists we shut them. feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-…
The obsession with civility in the United States is bipartisan and white, and often directed at women, especially Black women and women of colour.
The less power a woman has, the less freedom she is given to curse.
The less power a woman has, the less freedom she is given to curse.
In this case, it is a white girl and a cheerleader and her swearing collides with patriarchy's expectations of niceness and politeness of both white girls and cheerleaders.
I add to her "Fucks" a big fuck you to conservatives who have embraced this as a free speech case.
I add to her "Fucks" a big fuck you to conservatives who have embraced this as a free speech case.
They don't give a flying fuck about girls or patriarchy.
They do give a flying fuck about "free speech" for other reasons, among them their freedom to protect their "free speech" to say racist shit.
So lost in this case, most likely, will be discussions of patriarchy.
They do give a flying fuck about "free speech" for other reasons, among them their freedom to protect their "free speech" to say racist shit.
So lost in this case, most likely, will be discussions of patriarchy.
What does patriarchy expect and allow of girls?
What does patriarchy expect and allow of white girls vs Black and girls of colour?
Which girls are punished for violating those expectations and which girls earn or are deemed "deserving" of support? feministgiant.com/p/letter-dear-…
What does patriarchy expect and allow of white girls vs Black and girls of colour?
Which girls are punished for violating those expectations and which girls earn or are deemed "deserving" of support? feministgiant.com/p/letter-dear-…
It is not a level-playing field. Black girls know that.
Starting at the age of 5, Black girls are perceived to be more adult-like and less innocent than white girls in school and other environments: “adultification bias." vox.com/identities/201…
Starting at the age of 5, Black girls are perceived to be more adult-like and less innocent than white girls in school and other environments: “adultification bias." vox.com/identities/201…
When are girls allowed to be angry? Which girls are allowed to be angry? Which girls are punished for not being nice?
Are these issues for the boys on the football team?
I have a lot of thoughts. Until my Letter to the Sweary 9th Grader read this feministgiant.com/p/letter-dear-…
Are these issues for the boys on the football team?
I have a lot of thoughts. Until my Letter to the Sweary 9th Grader read this feministgiant.com/p/letter-dear-…
Patriarchy reserves for itself the power to offend, the power to be obscene.
And yet it wastes no time in policing women’s and girl's mouths as vehemently as it does the genitals of anyone who is not a cisgender heterosexual man. feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-…
And yet it wastes no time in policing women’s and girl's mouths as vehemently as it does the genitals of anyone who is not a cisgender heterosexual man. feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-…
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The cheerleader swore on Snapchat, not at school. As I mention 👇🏽 former NYT opinion editor told me when I was NYT contributing opinion writer that I had to stop saying "fuck" on Twitter even though I wasn't a Times employee. So I started #WhyISayFuck feministgiant.com/p/essay-why-i-…
Profanity is so important to me that it's one of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609114/t…
Mona Eltahawy Would Like You to Fuck Right Off With Your Civility Politics vice.com/en/article/xgq…
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