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This essay, this letter of love, first appeared in the anthology Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times (2017), edited by @caroderobertis feministgiant.com/p/essay-fuckfa…
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Make your heart too rebellious for the patriarchy’s attempts to plant itself within you.

Make your mind too free for fascism to chain your imagination. 

#FuckFascsim #FuckThePatriarchy
My words for the revolution ahead: resistance, stamina, survival.

The foundation for those words & the foundation of our revolution must be: joy!

Those of us alive & able to resist & fight mustn’t capitulate to misery. What we fight for must be better. feministgiant.com/p/essay-fuckfa…
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Aug 24
We must expose injustice. We must name and shame it. And we must stay angry because angry women are free women. Remember: fuck being nice and polite. These are not nice or polite times. Be angry. Be loud. And be free! #FuckFascism #FuckThePatriarchy
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Aug 18
The third most viewed of my essays this past year is my take on @A24's brilliant @allatoncemovie: feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-me… #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce
#EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce is the perfect menopause allegory film. I don’t care if that’s not what The Daniels had in mind when they wrote and directed it. It’s art. It’s out there. And my menopause claims it! feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-me…
The rollercoaster of a film that is @allatoncemovie is the first time I feel someone has heard and given voice to the flood of “what if’s” that perimenopause has brought as well as the physical & emotional changes we are squeezed through to emerge as the superheroes we need to be
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The second most viewed of my FEMINIST GIANT essays is a personal reflection on @LeoGrandeFilm feministgiant.com/p/the-fuck-it-…
“Bitch” and “cunt” are not the worst things you could call a woman. Selfish is. Knowing what you want and taking it is filed under “selfish” in patriarchy’s dictionary. feministgiant.com/p/the-fuck-it-… #GoodLucktoYouLeoGrande
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Aug 16
FEMINIST GIANT is turning two in September!

For the countdown to my newsletter's birthday, I'll be sharing the most popular essays from the past year.

The most read of my 2021 essays: Abortion is Normal
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25yrs ago I had an “illegal” abortion in Egypt. 4yrs later I had a “legal” abortion in the US. I use inverted commas because I reject the State’s attempt to control my uterus. The State can fuck off w/its opinions about what I can/can’t do w/my uterus. That control belongs to me.
I was not raped. I was not sick. The pregnancies did not threaten my life. I did not already have children. I just did not want to be pregnant.

I am glad I had my abortions. They gave me the freedom to live the life I have chosen. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…
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I am looking for a therapist. I've been open about my anxiety and the difficulty of disentangling perimenopause from the pandemic. It feels like trying to drive a car with the hand brake on.

What do you look for in a therapist? What Qs do you ask them? feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin…
Many of us also have so much grief that is unprocessed and unspoken.

I hope this essay I wrote about #GriefLiteracy helps those who need it
I've been in therapy twice before, both times for depression, work-related stress, and a marriage that quickly fell apart.

The last time (2001-2002) was Cognitive Behavioural Therapy which saved me.
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