Thread by @monaeltahawy

If they were not white, from any other country, or certainly if they were Muslim, the women who stormed the U.S. Capitol on #Jan6, and those who are QAn*n supporters, would be called fanatics, thus is the privilege of whiteness. I wrote this on Jan10, 2021 feministgiant.com/p/white-women-…

Even when they join an insurrection, even as they pummel their way through the doors that held back the mob braying for violence white women are still remembered for the best versions of themselves. Women who joined ISIS were never afforded such an audacious innocence. #Jan6

White womanhood is privilege sweetened with an innocence and fragility that white women--liberal or conservative, Trump-voting or not--are adept at weaponizing. feministgiant.com/p/white-women-… #January6

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