“No one ever asks men, ‘don’t you think violence against women begets violence?’, because [violence against women is] a normalised and expected violence,”
“But then when I talk about my right to defend myself, when I talk about beating up a man in a club [who sexually assaulted me], people are like...no, no, we shouldn’t be adding violence. I’m like: What do you mean, adding violence? Violence exists & it exists in those in power”
Look for The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls in your local bookshop if you’re not in lockdown or order via links here
I loved speaking with @SamBaker on anger, ambition and ageing disgracefully for her podcast The Shift. Check out the episode which has just gone live! play.acast.com/s/the-shift/mo…
Here are some teasers on perimenopause and the pandemic
And why ambition is one of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
There is no liberation without queer, gender, and sexual liberation.
For #IDAHOBIT, reposting this from March 6, 2020, when dear friend #Egyptian drag queen Ana Masreya invited me to speak at her show Nefertitties. It was just before our lockdown in #NYC.
The club in Brooklyn that night in 2020 was full of queer people from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Jordan. And on stage with Ana Masreya were Mexican queen Koko Rokoko and Palestinian queen Eva Laurent. It was 🔥🔥🔥
Police have sexually assaulted me at pilgrimage (when I was 15 years old), at work while I was reporting on a trial in a courthouse (when I was in my 30s), and at protest near Tahrir Square (when I was 44 years old).
When I started saying in public lectures that I was childfree by choice, women would track me down in a corridor, backstage, or in the bathroom to whisper “Thank you. I have never heard another woman say that out loud before.” feministgiant.com/p/unmothering
Most books/essays I have seen about being childfree by choice are written by white cis women. We need to hear from more women of colour and women from different cultural and faith backgrounds as well as trans men and non-binary people who choose to be childfree. I will write more
I apologise for ableism in earlier tweet which I have deleted.
A building that has housed international media offices including Al Jazeera’s and the Associated Press in the Gaza Strip was hit by an Israeli air strike that totally demolished the structure.
I FaceTime videod with my parents today to say Happy #Eid I told my dad that in the full throes of #perimenopause I was having allergies —a family tradition. I told him that if I don’t have another period by October I will be free!