FEMINIST GIANT Global Roundup compiled by Inaara Merani:
-School for Trans Students in Pakistan
-Musical Feminism and Environmentalism
-Queer-Inclusive Churches in South Africa
-Outrage at Indian Muslim Women "Auction"
-Corrido to Sylvia Rivera
This was Friday's Global Roundup by Samiha Hossain:
-Women vs Sexual Violence in South Sudan
-Survivors in Afghanistan
-Spain Protests vs Homophobia
-Women Healthcare Workers in India Demand Better Conditions
-Black Woman on #FreeBritney feministgiant.com/p/global-round…
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This is incredible! Bravo bravo bravo Shaista, Amna, Huda aka #TheThreeHijabis for your incredible work and petition to ban racists for life from all football matches in #England!
Being a writer, I am particularly delighted that the hieroglyphic term for makeup artist derives from the root “sesh,” which translates to write or engrave.
The ancient Egyptian word for “makeup palette” derives from the word meaning “to protect.” #DeliberateBeauty
A thread for anyone who has ever menstruated and is now in Perimenopause. Anti-vaxxers: fuck off.
Today is 3wks since I got my 2nd #COVID19 vaccine shot. I was so excited to get vaccinated, I dressed in sparkles! I hope everyone around the world gets vaccines soon. W/ @rerutled
I had AstraZeneca/Pfizer and knew the side effects would be a bit rough.
About 2 weeks after my 2nd shot I started menstruating heavily. I hadn’t had a period since Oct. 2020. #CovidVaccine
I’ve read up and I know it could be the impact of the hormonal shifts of perimenopause or it could be post-vaccine side effect. Doctors are unsure.
They think it could be a response of the immune system behaving as it should post-vaccine. The uterus is part of the immune system
In 2015, I went to the quarter final and the semi final of the women's World Cup in Montreal and saw the US beat France in the former and beat Germany in the latter.
If queer is the opposite of heteronormativity, it was the queerest--and joyously so--sporting environment.
The stands were full of outsiders: women with babies, teenage girls-- a demographic I rarely see in televised men’s games--with their faces painted in the colors of their teams and men there alone. #ItsComingHome#Euros2021#CopaAmerica2021 📷 @rerutled