Feminism is not me and my friends making it through patriarchy’s obstacle course to live in post-feminist heaven. Feminism is the destruction of obstacles that hold back all those other women who are mired in the patriarchal fuckery of the here and now. feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-amb…
Too often the story of ambition has been written by and for middle and upper class (white) women and then presented to the rest of us as pre-packaged ambition for our consumption.
Feminism is not a few women hurdling over the obstacles. It is the destruction of those obstacles.
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Ambition is one of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls, which is now available in Ireland and the UK via @TrampPress. Look for it in your local indie bookshops or order online here feministgiant.com/p/the-seven-ne…
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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-…
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.
What does ambition look like in these days of immense loss & grief, when a global pandemic has pushed so many women out of workforce & into lockdown w/abusive partners in a reminder that it was home all along & not a park or a parking lot where danger & death often ensnared them?
What is ambition for a woman whose goal is not to become a CEO? What does ambition look like for a woman whose goal is not to become rich? What is ambition liberated from corporate success? What is ambition for a working class woman or a woman who is poor? feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-amb…
It is my ambition to liberate ambition from accumulation, be it wealth or the crumbs of patriarchy’s approval. My ambition is much bigger than doing whatever a man can. Men are not my yardstick.
Vaccine equity and universal access to vaccines are essential. It is immoral and selfish and unjust--and will prolong the pandemic--to oppose waiving patent production for #COVID19Vaccine production.
It’s horrendous that while so many are desperate for vaccines globally, there are antivaxxer fuckwits in US, UK - etc who co-opt “my body my choice” and co-opt the Holocaust to “justify” their fuckery. I made this in May 2020 🎥 @rerutled#FuckNormal
8 police officers were injured and 5 people arrested for assault after an anti-lockdown protest in Hyde Park, London, over the weekend. More footage at @Urban_Pictures#COVID19
If men themselves are not free of the ravages of racism, capitalism and other forms of oppression, it is not enough to say I want to be equal to them or to do whatever they can.
I want something much bigger than equality. My ambition is for much more. I want to be free.
It is my ambition to liberate ambition from accumulation, be it wealth or the crumbs of patriarchy’s approval.
What is ambition for a woman whose goal is not to become a CEO? What does ambition look like for a woman whose goal is not to become rich?
At least 6 people were fatally shot by officers across the US in the 24 hours after jurors reached a verdict in the murder case against Chauvin on Tuesday.
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours bit.ly/3nhAlmE h/t @jilevin