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May 6 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
I had an "illegal" abortion in Egypt and a "legal" abortion in the U.S. It took me 25yrs to write about them. For as long as patriarchy shrouds abortion in silence, it stamps it with shame. Knowing that, I broke my silence and broke free of shame. 📷 @rerutled #abortionstories Mona holding a sign saying "I have had two abortions.&q
Patriarchy denies us ownership of our bodies, and isolates us through silence and shame.

Our #abortionstories are a way to say "I own my body." Our abortion stories are guiding stars out of isolation and towards solidarity and freedom from patriarchy. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…
It took me 25 years to finally write about my abortions. I was inspired and encouraged by women of colour who had spoken of theirs, and who said they wished they saw more people who look like them in abortion narratives. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se…
Criminalizing abortion does not eradicate it nor does it make it rare. It makes it dangerous and often deadly for the poorest and most vulnerable people who can get pregnant.

Abortion is a human right. #abortionstories #RoeVWade
My essay on abortion is available in Arabic and in audio version.

This weekend, I am publishing a new one on the power of #abortionstories.

Support my work. It's free to subscribe. If you can pay, it helps to keep it free.

feministgiant.com
My new essay will include my thoughts on the @IFC
film #Happening which is released today. I saw a screener in NYC a couple of weeks ago and it will stay with me for a long time. It's based on the memoir by Annie Ernaux. #RoeVWade #abortionstories
For #abortionstories from people of colour that don't always appear in the narratives we see, read Dr. Meera Shah's book You're the Only One I've Told, which I was glad to blurb chicagoreviewpress.com/you-re-the-onl… #RoeVWade Cover of the book You're the Only One I've Told (in orange)

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May 7
Amy Coney Barrett is not a Footsoldier of the Patriarchy. She is a Five-Star General of the Footsoldiers of the Patriarchy. feministgiant.com/p/if-amy-coney… #RoeVWade #SCOTUS #AbortionIsHealthcare
Amy Coney Barrett is a mediocre judge who was elevated because she’s a white mother of school-aged children who will do white supremacist patriarchy’s bidding in a country that hates mothers and children who are not white. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-ju… #RoeVsWade #MothersDay
The confirmation of Barrett to the Supreme Court was the crowning achievement of concerted and zealous political power play by conservatives since the early 1970s at least.
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May 7
Choosing to be childfree is surrounded with taboo and stigma. So I wanted to make sure my essay was available in both of my languages: English 👇🏽#MothersDay2022
And in Arabic, thanks to the excellent @itmeansagift feministgiant.com/p/--6dd?s=w #MothersDay
And having an abortion is surround by taboo and stigma. So I wanted to make sure my essay was available in both of my languages: English 👇🏽 feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-… #AbortionIsAHumanRight
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May 7
1. Being a lesbian is not an insult.
2. Study some biology, you ignorant fuck.
3. Fuck off.
4. Fuck off some more.
The coward deleted the tweet. Here's the screenshot A tweet that reads "Ho...
And ignorant fuck was responding to this
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May 7
I am childfree by choice. Happily so.

I published this on last year's #MothersDay. And here it is again for #MothersDay2022

feministgiant.com/p/unmothering?…
I have had two abortions. I did not want to have children. I was not raped. I was not sick. The pregnancies did not threaten my life. I just did not want to be pregnant.

It took me 25 years to write about my abortions.
#RoeVsWade #AbortionStories

feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…
The few abortion narratives that are considered “acceptable” are often prefaced with trauma and pain—as if they were the price to be exacted for bodily autonomy.

It is important to share abortion stories that say simply: #IDidNotWantToBePregnant
feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se… #RoeVWade
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May 7
Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders have issued an order that all Afghan women should wear the all-covering burqa in public.

The decree also says it is better for women to stay at home if they have no important work outside.

Fuck theocratic zealots everywhere

theguardian.com/world/2022/may…
A government spokesman said that a woman’s father or closest male relative would be visited and eventually imprisoned or fired from government jobs if she did not cover her face outside the home.

Fuck theocratic zealots everywhere.

aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/7/…
Because of course the theocratic fucks in Afghanistan don't want to be outdone by the theocratic fucks in the USA.

U.S. zealots start the week with news that abortion would be banned,

Afghan zealots end the week with news that women must stay at home and cover face in public.
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May 6
It is imperative that we pay attention to what are known as rape exceptions to abortion bans. Reject a hierarchy around abortion. The right wing is unabashed in its insistence on controlling our bodies. We must be even more unabashed in our insistence on bodily autonomy #RoeVWade
We do not owe anyone an explanation or a reason for our abortion. Much like we insist on rejecting the “worthy victim” scenario of sexual assault, so too must we reject the “worthy recipient” of an abortion. #AbortionIsAHumanRight feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se…
Abortion is a human right, not a bonus or a reward we must earn.

The fascist theocrats will not stop until they force us into carrying all pregnancies to term.

Fuck the patriarchy.

Fuck theocracy.

Fuck white supremacy.

Fuck the Supreme Court.

#AbortionIsAHumanRight
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