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6 Jun, 4 tweets, 3 min read
There are two things I do not argue or debate: abortion and being queer. I don't care who you are, I don't care what "argument" you bring. I will not "debate" you. feministgiant.com/p/dear-graduat…
- Lihaaf by Ismat Chaughtai (1942)
- Adrienne Rich’s text on “compulsory heterosexuality,” (1980)
- Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (1978-2014)
- Koolaids by Rabih Alameddine (1999)

Some queer texts in my essay.

And 👇🏽 patreon.com/posts/38315403 #Pride
I have exciting news to share this coming week about a joint production between FEMINIST GIANT and @strandbookstore for #PrideMonth2021.

Until then, subscribe and read my essays.

It's free, no paywall. If you can pay, it helps keep it free.

feministgiant.com/p/coming-soon?…
The news involves winners of #Lammys. Until I share, here's a picture of the time when I went to the @LambdaLiterary awards as Rebecca Solnit's date in 2018 #pride Mona wearing a black sleeve...

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8 Jun
Tw: rape, police violence

A British police officer has pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and rape of 33yo Sarah Everard in London on March 3. One week after she vanished, her body was found in a bag in woodland in the county of Kent. washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/…
The month of March began & ended with police murders of 2 women (that we know of), in England & in Mexico.

Sarah Everard in London at the beginning of the month. And Victoria Esperanza Salazar, by a (female) police officer, end of the month. feministgiant.com/p/essay-fuck-t…
Sarah. 33, was a white marketing executive. Victoria, 36, was a refugee from El Salvador who worked as a cleaner in hotels. There is a hierarchy of protection: the further we are from wealthy, white, cisgender, heterosexual, able bodied men, the less likely we are to be protected A close up of Sarah's face,...A close up of Victoria's fa...
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8 Jun
My new essay look forward to January 20, 2050. Three women are about to be inaugurated:
-Donya Zaki: Egypt’s first woman president.
-Areej Mohamed: Saudi Arabia’s first woman mufti.
-Octavia Hernandez: USA's Black trans woman president #pride
And the essay just before it looks back to 1984: a letter to Mona who is about to graduate, in love with a girl and boy at the same time (isn't everyone?!) to tell her how things look in 2021 feministgiant.com/p/dear-graduat…
Every week, interns Inaara Merani and Samiha Hossain include queer feminist resistance in their Global Roundups.

And for #pride, my essays for FEMINIST GIANT will specifically focus on queer feminist issues.

Sign up here: it's free, pay only if you can

feministgiant.com/p/coming-soon?…
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7 Jun
This is horrific: A 20yo man drove his pickup truck into a Muslim family of five walking in London, Ontario in Canada on Sunday. He targeted them for their faith

The family members who died:
74yo woman.
46yo man.
44yo woman.
15yo girl.
cbc.ca/news/canada/lo… h/t @rerutled
The driver was charged Monday with four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Terrorism charges are possible, said Det.-Insp. Paul Waight

"There is evidence that this was a planned, premeditated act and that the family was targeted because of their Muslim faith"
Horrors like the above are why I want everyone to stop saying "Young people are our hope!"

He is 20 years old. He is a white supremacist and Islamophobic fuck.
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7 Jun
Listening to Bowie today, and "You've got your mother in a whirl/She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl" is especially pertinent. For #PrideMonth2021, my essays for FEMINIST GIANT focus on queerness. This is the first one for this month.
"She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl"
From the age of 3, my mother kept my hair v short. When I moved to London in 1975 at 7yo, the first time I went downstairs to play with the other kids, they asked me if I was a boy or a girl. #PrideMonth2021

feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-ki…
Why did it take me so long to learn that Hatshepsut - who for more than 20 years was the most powerful person in the ancient world - alternated pronouns? She/he/they.

Are you a girl? Are you a boy? #PrideMonth2021
feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-ki… (L) A stone statue of Hatsh...
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6 Jun
For #PrideMonth in 2019, @rerutled and I marched at World Pride in #NYC
I marched for 16yo Mona, who was in love with a girl and a boy at the same time and thought everyone else was.

feministgiant.com/p/dear-graduat… #PrideMonth2021
Three months after World Pride in #NYC, I was thrilled to join #Bosnia’s 1st #Pride  in #Sarajevo in Sept. 2019. When @damirimamovic brought it to an end w/Bella Ciao i was reminder:fight vs homophobia & transphobia is fight vs fascism, racism & patriarchy
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6 Jun
“I want you to know that it was you and me who stood on that stage and yelled into a microphone, ‘My revolution is with the queers.’” #PrideMonth2021
"I got fed up wondering if I really was going to wait to get married to have sex and if it had to always be with a man. I want you to know the answer was no, and no. "
feministgiant.com/p/dear-graduat… #pride
"One day, Future Mona will wear sequins as she stands at other podiums to address halls full of people who have come to hear her speak and she will conclude by conducting them in a chorus of FUCK THE PATRIARCHY!
feministgiant.com/p/dear-graduat… Mona in a gold sequin sleev...
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