Thread by @monaeltahawy

Protests in Warsaw after the death of a woman who was refused an abortion under Poland’s abortion ban
h/t @Heresy_Corner @J_Jaraczewski

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1456609431429525507

Almost exactly a year ago: protests in #Warsaw against near-total abortion ban. They were largest protests in #Poland since fall of Communism in 1989. And their core message was “Fuck off” to priests and the far-right govt #StrajkKobiet #AborcjaBezGranic

When the fascist fucks in your country use a pandemic to tighten their grip on your body with a near total ban on abortion, the path to freedom must be paved with profanity. Politeness is capitulation.

And Polish feminists know it. feministgiant.com/p/fuck-is-a-fe…

In daily protests organized by the feminist initiative Women’s Strike, they chanted “fuck off,” held massive banners that told the right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) government to “Get the fuck out” and “PiS off,"

And they carried the rainbow pride flag in recognition of dovetailing of feminist & LGBTQ resistance to the fascist fuckery of the State.

Women and queer activists disrupted masses as they yelled “obscenities” to protest the Catholic Church’s support for the abortion restriction

The enforcers of the fuckery of patriarchy unveiled themselves for what we’ve always known them to be: the fascist trinity comprised of far-right groups, the police, and the church. feministgiant.com/p/fuck-is-a-fe…

It was thrilling to see protestors so openly using profanity.

Polite feminism is capitulation. These times of fascism and greed must be met with the political power of profanity.

What would the world look like if the energy policing mouths and wombs was invested instead into policing the very real harm of patriarchal violence?

With that world in mind, my declaration of faith is simple: fuck the patriarchy. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…

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