Thread by @monaeltahawy

Watching @LeoGrandeFilm reminded me of how I had snatched desire from the jaws of shame.

Watch #GoodLucktoYouLeoGrande with your friends and talk about the ways shame has left its nasty imprint on you and how you fought it. Did you fight it?
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Talk about shame because abortion bans are intent on punishing us for daring to take ownership of our bodies and our sexual desire outside of the norm.

They aim to police our bodies and punish us for sex.

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Talk about shame and talk about abortion, because for as long as patriarchy can shroud abortion with silence it will continue to stamp it in shame.

There is liberation in speaking our desire. We are called selfish because patriarchy understands the dangers of such liberation.

For Nancy, the greatest rebellion is that against shame. feministgiant.com/p/the-fuck-it-…

Abortion bans are driven by zealots and puritans – the day-to-day dictators who enforce that tyranny of ‘what will people say?’

What if we stopped hiding? What if we met the tyranny of ‘what will people say?’ with the audacity of visibility? feministgiant.com

An unwanted pregnancy should not be considered punishment for a sex drive or a determination to have consensual sex outside of the rules of patriarchy.

Abortion bans are driven by zealots and puritans. We must not dance to their agenda but instead fuck to our heart’s content whomever (with their consent, obviously) and whenever, secure in the knowledge and the right to determine the consequences. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se…