“I wrote this book with enough rage to fuel a rocket.” The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls is now available in Ireland and the UK via @TrampPress 📷 @rerutled
"I wrote this book with enough rage to fuel a rocket."
I am still enthralled and delighted by this display at the front of @Foyles in London. Look for it in your local bookshops or order online here feministgiant.com/p/the-seven-ne…
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.
It was never my ambition to become a CEO, to have a corner office, or to become rich. What is ambition liberated from all of that?
What does ambition look like for a woman whose goal is not to become rich? What is ambition liberated from corporate success? #MayDay2021
What is ambition for a working class woman or a woman who is poor?
Who or what determines what women are supposed to be, want, and do? Primarily, patriarchy, which works in tandem w/other forms of oppression, esp for women of colour and women from marginalized groups.
I have never seen an ad like this before. First time I’ve heard “vagina” and “menopause” in an ad. Note: It is targeted at cis women and is not inclusive of all menopausal people. h/t @hotflashinc
For an intersectional, trans, nonbinary and gender non conforming inclusive book on perimenopause and menopause PRE-ORDER @heathercorinna brilliant book - and I'm not saying that just because I'm in it!
Also: are you ready for our chat about Heather’s book for one of my favourite bookshops @wcfbook?! Sign up! I’m so excited to be talking to them about everything perimenopause & menopause.
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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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?