#NZ This is a long thread on the issue of harassment & threats made against #WomenInLeadership, primarily #WomenInPolitics.

⬇️ Reviews incidents over time, highlights the danger & escalation of #misogyny & the real life consequences on the personal & our democratic institutions. This thread is being woven, the week Michael Cruickshank was sentenced to jail in #NZ for threatening to blow our #WomanPrimeMinister’s head off & to “..wipe you off this f---planet”- Also arrested this week Richard Sivell who has allegedly been posting threatening messages.

"This position, which is pure sophistry illuminates just how much the NRA does not know, or care to know, about the deadly reality of women" Telling a woman to "just get a gun" is as simplistic and victim-blaming as telling her to "just leave." womensmediacenter.com/news-features/…

https://twitter.com/JaneCaro/status/1110393586510491649

https://twitter.com/WeavingHouse/status/1110339890909052933

The following thread contains articles on White Supremacy & #Women's role in its continued existence ~ Reads for each of us think about our role in extinguishing this most pernicious blight for good. #WeHaveThePower #MyFeminismWillBeIntersectionalOrItWillBeBullshit "... but white women have historically enabled racism even if it came with the cost of misogyny -huffingtonpost.com/entry/it-wasnt…