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30 Dec 21, 4 tweets, 3 min read
My Ambition is To Be Free And Awesome!
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Take #FEMINISTGIANT with you into the the #NewYear

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Feminism is not a few women hurdling over patriarchy's obstacles. Feminism is the destruction of those obstacles. feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-amb… #FEMINISTGIANT #NewYear2022 A picture of Mona in a yell...
What is your ambition? #FEMINISTGIANT
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31 Dec 21
21 for 2021: the most popular #FEMINISTGIANT essays in 2021 #NewYear
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30 Dec 21
The most popular #FEMINISTGIANT essays in 2021:

White Women Storm the Capitol
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When Football Goes Home
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27 Dec 21
“Write as if you were dying,” Annie Dillard feministgiant.com/p/write-danger…
Write as if you were brave feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…
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21 Dec 21
Just in time for Pandemic: Year Three, my hot flashes have returned with a vengeance.

When you’re a middle-aged feminist falling apart during a global pandemic, it can be useful to think of your perimenopause as a metaphor.

feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin… #BloodyHell
It's like trying to drive a car with the hand brake on.

Releasing the hand brake--releasing any illusion of control--is the only way to go.

Releasing the hand brake in order to move, emerge, transform. #BloodyHell
Past 2yrs have taught me to do everything I can to NOT exacerbate my anxiety. When I was younger I saw therapists for depression. During a pandemic! Haha!

Perimenopause + pandemic = depression telling anxiety "She's all yours now, babe. Menopause Mona is all yours." #BloodyHell
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15 Dec 21
If you have a uterus and have ever had a uterine biopsy, you know that it is the MOST FUCKING PAINFUL THING EVER! feministgiant.com/p/essay-bloody…
I had my SECOND uterine biopsy on Monday and I screamed from the pain. Screamed.

It was WORSE than when Egyptian police broke both my arms 10 years ago.

How the actual fuck have they not found a way to test for uterine cancer that isn’t worthy of a torture indictment?!
First uterine biopsy: doctor recommended I take two ibuprofen before procedure. FUCK!

Second uterine biopsy: I asked and got painkiller—one opioid thing. I took that and 4 ibuprofen and I still screamed.

It is pure fucking torture.
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14 Dec 21
I found out almost by chance that perimenopause–the time leading up to menopause–could last up to 14yrs. At first, I thought “Are you fucking kidding me?” That quickly turned to“How the hell did I not know that?” How was a feminist like me so ignorant about menopause? #BloodyHell
It is exactly when the once-whispered moves into the mainstream that it most matters who is speaking the once unsaid & who continues to be sidelined & silenced. Which is why I'm so excited to be editing #BloodyHell with @unbounders!
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Too often when feminism takes that brave dive into the deep end of a taboo, it takes along just a select few: white, wealthy, cisgender, heterosexual, able-bodied women.

#BloodyHell is the antidote to that. Pledge and help us to publish it soon! unbound.com/books/bloody-h… On a black background is written in different colours: Blood
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