As you watch the glory & power of the feminist revolution in Iran, ask yourself (I’m looking at you people in the U.S. cheering on the feminist revolution vs theocrats over there) what the fuck you are doing to fight theocrats & fascists over here feministgiant.com/p/essay-dear-w…
Watching a revolution is like staring at the sun; it will ruin your vision for life. Every time you close your eyes, its imprint is still there. And it will singe your heart so that ‘no’ is no longer enough, and ‘I demand’ is the start of the list of what you know you deserve.
A feminist revolution targets patriarchy in the State, Street, and the Home because it recognizes that there is no liberation without sexual liberation, without gender liberation, without queer liberation.
It states as a revolutionary statement: I own my body, not the State, not the Street, not the Home.
A feminist revolution dares to imagine liberation from the militarism of the State and from its echo in the conservatism of the Street and the Home. A feminist revolution recognizes that the hardest revolution of all is the one at the Home, because all dictators go home.
And a feminist revolution disobeys all those who insist “People are not ready,” because as revolutionaries we must recognize that if our communities are ready for us, we are too late.
From a very young age girls around the world are told that they are vulnerable and weak. By the age of 10, research shows they believe it. Conversely, boys are fed the stereotype that they are strong and independent. time.com/4948607/gender… (tweet below h/t @Asmauu_Ahmed )
I came across that research while writing the chapter on Anger and the importance of nurturing it in girls, in my second book The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls feministgiant.com/p/how-much-is-…
The research was part of six-year study of gender expectations around the world--Global Early Adolescent Study--which gathered data on 10- to 14-year-olds from 15 different countries of varying degrees of wealth and development. time.com/4948607/gender…
If MTG was a Muslim, she would be in Guantanamo Bay, in shackles. But because she is white, evangelical, and a woman--a rich one at that--she is instead a member of Congress in the most powerful country in the world. feministgiant.com/p/if-marjorie-…
Elle magazine, Oct 2020: “MTG, Republican nominee for Georgia’s 14th congressional district, is like a lot of white women you might encounter in the suburbs. She has long blonde hair & does CrossFit. She wears cute dangly earrings, tasteful blouses & sheath dresses..."
tw: rape, sexual assault
"The case is just the latest example of a predominantly white police force refusing to take seriously reports of missing and murdered Black, Brown and Indigenous victims – especially women and girls."
It is telling that police are thought to be our protectors from rapists and predators when they do very little to protect us from rapists and predators. feministgiant.com/p/essay-fuck-t…
“Black women and women of color who experience gendered violence rarely report to police, because of the systemic misogyny and racism that leads to survivors not being believed or supported,” write 8 to Abolition teenvogue.com/story/8-to-abo…
Watching a revolution is like staring at the sun; it will ruin your vision for life. Every time you close your eyes, its imprint is still there. #MahsaaAmini
You think those girls flipping their theocrats off in the schoolroom in Iran will leave their rage behind in that room when they go home? feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-g…#MahsaAmini
I’ve been writing about my #perimenopause for a few years now. My essays have covered the physical as well as emotional and mental health impacts of this transition.
Last year I started regular:
- strength training (for my bones)
- stretching (for my joints)
- walk for an hour (for my heart and anxiety)
- dance (for my heart)
📷 @rerutled
But this year, I've been less consistent because I started traveling for work again.
For the coming year, I want to graduate myself from at-home weights to working with a trainer to power lift.
It is consistently recommended for those of us going through menopause. So yalla!