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Mar 5 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Sydney, I am about to start my journey towards you!
On Wednesday, I’m giving a talk at @UNSW for #InternationalWomensDay and then having a conversation with Senator @MehreenFaruqi about feminism around the world

unsw.to/MonaEltahawy
On Sunday at @SydOperaHouse’s #AllAboutWomen, I have two events.

A FEMINIST GIANT EVENT: Who js Feminism For, with Santilla Chingaipe, Celeste Liddle & Nayuka Gorrie
sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-o…
And The War on Women, with Fatima Bhutto, Chelsea Watego & Karen Iles

Moderated by Sam Mostyn
Curated by Jane Caro

sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-o… #AllAboutWomen

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Feb 28
Labour Party says it will urge UK firms to publish menopause action plan

"Menopausal women could be offered paid time off and working environments with temperature-controlled areas under Labour plans to support the wellbeing of women in the workplace."

theguardian.com/society/2023/f…
About one in 10 women aged 45-55 left their jobs last year due to their symptoms and ultimately the lack of workplace support, according to research supported by the Fawcett Society.

peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/175496…
Three years ago, Labour offered women flexible working hours and a requirement for employers to treat the menopause like a long-term fluctuating health condition.
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Feb 21
The magnificent Nina Simone would have been 90 years old today. My love for her is boundless. Throughout the day I will share some of my favourite things that #NinaSaid for my annual appreciation and respect 💜✊🏽❤️ (Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) A closeup black and white photograph of Nina Simone, showing
“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear!” #NinaSaid

In a 1999 episode of BBC HARDtalk, Tim Sebastian asked Nina Simone “Tell me about music as a political weapon.” Here’s what #NinaSaid Text: It has helped me for 30 years defend the rights of Ame
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Feb 21
According to the Menopause Foundation of Canada, one in 10 women will leave the workforce because of their menopause symptoms.

thestar.com/life/2023/02/2…
"For most of us, it will happen when we need to be firing on all cylinders at work.

'There’s a real overlap between when menopause tends to happen and the moment when a lot of women are poised for leadership positions that could take their careers to the next level...'
'If they’re also experiencing common menopausal symptoms like depression, fatigue or anxiety, it could prevent them from making it to top-tier positions, even though they were on that trajectory.' thestar.com/life/2023/02/2…
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Feb 17
I launched my newsletter FEMINIST GIANT to highlight global feminist resistance to patriarchal fuckery. Such resistance includes the fight vs transphobia, which contributors Inaara Merani and Samiha Hossain highlight in their weekly Global Roundups.
Love and solidarity to trans and gender expansive friends around the world.

Zero tolerance for transphobia.

feministgiant.com
The New York Times and other publications that platform transphobia are not the only media out there.

As Samiha and Inaara's Global Roundups show, there are plenty of media out there that report without hate on issues that affect our trans and gender expansive friends.
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Feb 16
I am 55yo and childfree by choice, happily so. And you know what has made that choice possible? My two abortions. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-… #Childfree
In 1996, I had an “illegal” abortion in Egypt and in 2000, I had a “legal” abortion in the US.

I use inverted commas because the State can fuck off with its opinions about what I can and can’t do with my uterus.

That control belongs to me.

feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-… #Childfree
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 did not want to have a child.

And so I had two abortions.
#Childfree
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Feb 16
It is good to see articles about being childfree by choice. This one features mostly white people bbc.com/worklife/artic… h/t @rerutled #Childfree
I wrote this essay on being childfree by choice because we need to hear from more women of colour and women from different cultural and faith backgrounds as well as trans men and non-binary people who choose to be childfree. I have my own book planned. feministgiant.com/p/unmothering
I'm happy with the life I have created. I have never wondered what it would have been like to have children.

I say that because we often hear “you’ll regret it when it’s too late.” Well, here I am on the other side -- it is “too late” -- and I am here to say: I do not regret it
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