Thread by @monaeltahawy

Glory & power to the women & girls in Iran who have seized the narrative & become object and subject in a feminist revolution they began & which they propel.

They are heroes, yes. But look at Time magazine (L) impose politeness on their revolution (R). Revolutions are not polite

I see middle fingers raised, and I hear Fuck the patriarchy. That is erased when you replace the middle finger w/ peace sign.

Deliberate profanity by schoolgirls in Iran is one of the most powerful drivers of their revolution. feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-g… #Mahsa_Amini #IranRevolution

It is powerful to see schoolgirls hold in one hand the enforced hijab they now refuse to wear and with the other they give the middle finger to the patriarchy that enforced that hijab on them.

It is deliberately profane. Revolutions are not polite. #IranRevolution #mahsaami̇ni̇

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?

Revolutoins are not polite. #IranRevolution #Mahsa_Amini

You think those girls who chased away an education director from their school grounds will pack up their audacity into their satchels after school is out?

Revolutions are not polite. #IranRevolution #Mahsa_Amini

You think those schoolgirls chanting “Death to the dictator” do not go home and see the dictator there as well?

Polite and well-behaved girls do not terrify the patriarchy. These are girls who terrify patriarchy. feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-g… #IranRevolution #Mahsa_Amini

You think that girls around the world are not watching, knowing that they too can erupt?

There is a reason that anger and profanity are two of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls.

Revolutions are not polite. And they are dangerous--to the people rising up and to those they are rising up against.

Do not diminish the profanity and the danger of the feminist revolution in Iran.

feministgiant.com/p/essay-women-… #mahsaami̇ni̇ #IranRevolution

Glory and power to girls–their rage, and their daring and their audacity, their immodesty and rebelliousness, their disobedience, and most of all: their knowledge that they deserve to be free.

Revolutions are not polite. feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-g…

The above is a reaction to the photograph that Time magazine used to illustrate the feminist revolution in Iran.

Images and photography are powerful ways to capture moments in history.

Mainstream media often dilute or diminish altogether deliberate profanity of revolutions and protrests

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