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Mona Eltahawy

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12 Aug

Every time I see Ashli Babbitt trending, I will remind you:

#AshliBabbitt joined a mob incited by Trump. She never imagined the Capitol Police would shoot her because the police rarely shoot white women, unless it’s a cop who shoots his wife at home. feministgiant.com/p/white-women-…

So eager of a footsoldier of white supremacist patriarchy was #AshliBabbitt that she was the first to scramble through a window in a door separating the insurrectionists from an area where members of Congress were sheltering from the mob.

That Trump et al are turning #AshliBabbitt into a "hero" is a reminder of the innocence afforded white womanhood.

Even when they join an insurrection, even as they pummel their way through the doors that held back the mob from the upper echelons of the U.S. government...

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Mona Eltahawy

@monaeltahawy

11 Aug

Today is my parents' 55th wedding anniversary. They were 23 years old when they got married. My mum made her own wedding dress! They met in medical school in Cairo and have achieved their career goals together, as partners and equals. Happy Anniversary Mama and Baba! Many more!

My parents had me a year after they married. On Aug. 2, I showed up at their doorstep for a surprise visit - our 1st since Nov 2019. I am so lucky and grateful to have been able to spend the past week with them. I wrote this about my family and nostalgia feministgiant.com/p/essay-exiled…

Yest I left my parents & came to see my brother & his family--1st visit since Nov. 2019. When my brother & his wife are back from work, we'll call our parents to wish them Happy Anniversary.

In this overwhelming time, find joy where you can. W/my sister for parents 50th anniv.

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Mona Eltahawy

@monaeltahawy

11 Aug

FEMINIST GIANT Global Roundup compiled by Inaara Merani:

-Decriminalizing Abortion in Veracruz
-Myanmar’s Garment Workers
-Compensating Caregivers in Argentina
-India Trans-Led Healthcare Clinics
-Women Appointed to 2 Holy Mosques Management

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Friday's Global Roundup compiled by Samiha Hossain:

-GBV in Pakistan
-Street Harassment in Barbados
-Capturing Black Women’s History in Canada
-South Africa First Trans Beauty Pageant
-Beirut's LGBTQ+ Community After the Explosion

feministgiant.com/p/global-round…

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Mona Eltahawy

@monaeltahawy

9 Aug

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how I got my first period in 10 months after I got my 2nd vaccine shot. Before I continue: anti-vaxxers fuck off.

feministgiant.com/p/essay-perime…

@rerutled

I linked to a survey documenting people's experiences with vaccination and menstruation. conducted by Dr. Kate Clancy and Dr.Katharine Lee. They are both interviewed in this new article h/t @rerutled npr.org/sections/healt…

"New research does suggest there's at least a plausible route by which vaccines could alter menstruation. Yale's Alice Lu-Culligan says that recent studies show immune cells play a role in both building up and breaking down the uterine lining during a cycle." #COVIDVaccination

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Mona Eltahawy

@monaeltahawy

9 Aug

I wrote this in Dec. 2020. It had been a year since I'd seen my parents and siblings and I was wondering how it would feel to reunite. A week ago, I showed up unannounced at my parents' doorstep to reunite our hearts. I am grateful. feministgiant.com/p/essay-exiled…

5 days after I arrived, my mum said she woke up with a song by Abdel-Halim Hafez on her mind. He is the singer around whom I wrote the essay, which examines being in "ghorba": exile, estrangement. So I put his songs on a speaker, replicating our weekends of nostalgia in London.

A week after I arrived, my dad's oldest brother died in Cairo.

Grieving is compounded by distance.

My parents have not been able to visit Egypt and see their siblings since the pandemic began. Like so many around the world, hearts in exile and longing. feministgiant.com/p/essay-exiled…

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Mona Eltahawy

@monaeltahawy

6 Aug

Every time I see Ashli Babbitt trending, I will remind you:

Ashli Babbitt never imagined the Capitol Police would shoot her because the police rarely shoot white women, unless it’s a cop who shoots his wife at home. feministgiant.com/p/white-women-… #January6th

She never imagined she'd survive fighting for regime change “over there” only to die fighting for regime change “over here.” A 14yr Air Force vet who fought in Iraq & Afghanistan, she was the only person shot by Capitol Police while trying to storm the Congress of her own country

Babbitt and other white women who stormed the Capitol were supporters of QAnon, a far-right conspiracy movement that says Trump has been secretly fighting deep state enemies and a cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibals operating a child sex-trafficking ring.

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