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9 Jan, 6 tweets, 4 min read
When you are shameless, you cannot be shamed. And so I write this feministgiant.com/p/moisturize-y… #MenopauseMona #FEMINISTGIANT
And this is a roundup of lubricants of various kinds and which uses inclusive language “A person may experience vaginal dryness due to hormonal changes during menopause.” medicalnewstoday.com/articles/best-…
It is with this inclusivity in mind that I teamed up with @unbounders to edit #BloodyHell, a menopause anthology that is global and gender diverse. Find out more here and pledge to help us complete our crowdfund unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
There is too much silence and shame around #Menopause.

Silence protects our oppressors.

Silence fuels shame. #BloodyHell On a black background, in c...
Patriarchy deploys shame like a drone: it shadows you, ready to take you out any minute, exhausting you by keeping you forever aware of its presence to the detriment of all other things that you could be investing your attention in. #Menopause #BloodyHell feministgiant.com/p/moisturize-y…
Also available in Arabic thanks to the translation of @itmeansagift feministgiant.com/p/--c39

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11 Jan
My aunt Nagwa died in Cairo today. She is survived by my uncle Osama, their daughter Yousra & 2 grandchildren. Tante Nagwa is the 5th member of my extended family to die in the past 8 months. This time of counting our dead is crushingly hard. So much loss, trauma and grief.
Uncle Osama has lost his wife, a brother and a sister since August.

When I was a child in Cairo, Tante Nagwa and Uncle Osama used to babysit me often because they lived nearby. They never hid their affection for each other from me, cuddling, holding hands, kissing. I loved that.
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I wrote this in May 2021 and reread it oten.

If you are grieving, I hope it helps.

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10 Jan
Jan 8, 1896, the world’s first explicitly anarchist-feminist group published La Voz de la Mujer (Woman’s Voice) Women were doubly oppressed - by bourgeois society and by men - it said. libcom.org/history/no-god…’s-first-anarcha-feminist-group A sepia Gomes photo of a gr...
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9 Jan
I am seeing #MosqueMeToo making the rounds. I send love and solidarity to all sharing their stories of sexual assault. I know it’s not easy. 💜✊🏽❤️
Here’s more about #MosqueMeToo and #IBeatMyAssaulter
In this interview, I tell @laignee that I started #MosqueMeToo to talk about being sexually assaulted at Hajj when I was 15, and why I started #IBeatMyAssaulter after I beat up a man who sexually assaulted me at a club when I was 50

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8 Jan
Are you interested in feminist news from around the world?

Subscribe to FEMINIST GIANT and get Global Roundups delivered to your inbox. Look at this wonderful roundup compiled by FEMINIST GIANT contributor Samiha Hossain feministgiant.com/p/global-round…
Twice a week, FEMINIST GIANT Contributor Samiha Hossain will be compiling Global Roundups of feminist resistance.

And soon, we will welcome a new roster of interns!

Subscribe--it's free. If you can pay, it helps to keep it free. feministgiant.com/p/coming-soon?…
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7 Jan
What happens when the majority of lawmakers are too rich to understand hunger or poverty, and are too comfortable to even imagine either.

I wrote this in Dec. 2020 and I know that much of it still applies today.

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Politicians and CEOs want to push “back to normal”

Fuck normal

I made this in May 2020
🎥 @rerutled

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7 Jan
Both Elle and Vogue magazines have articles about perimenopause this week.

As mainstream publications finally talk about menopause, always ask whose voices are included.

I’m editing a menopause anthology for @unbounders that is global & gender diverse unbound.com/books/bloody-h…
I’ve been sharing regular “perimenopause is kicking my fucking ass” posts. And ways I’m adapting
Over the next few days, I'll be introducing the incredible lineup of contributors to #BloodyHell: global and gender diverse.

I hope you will support our crowdfund and help us publish this important and revolutionary anthology! unbound.com/books/bloody-h… On a black background in co...
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