Mona Eltahawy
I write FEMINIST GIANT Newsletter and wrote 7 Necessary Sins for Women & Girls and Headscarves & Hymens. She/Her. Patreon: patreon.com/monaeltahawy
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Karen Fleshman, Esq. She Her on LinkedIn: Amy Coney Barrett: Patriarchy Promotes a Five-Star General
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"How richly hypocritical that in the middle of a pandemic, the administration that has done so little for mothers...
Amy Coney Barrett: Patriarchy Promotes a Five-Star General
The goal of feminism is to destroy patriarchy. It is not to stand at a podium on a White House lawn flanked by President Grab Them By the Pussy on one side and Supreme Court Justice Sexual Harasser on the other as they anoint you Five-Star General...
Mona Eltahawy
My new essay:
#AmyConeyBarrett: Patriarchy Promotes a Five-Star General
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I wrote this about #AmyConeyBarrett after she was sworn in:
Patriarchy Promotes a Five-Star General by @monaeltahawy
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Mona Eltahawy
I do not support a woman who has benefited from feminism and then works to cut feminism at its knees:
Amy Coney Barrett: Patriarchy Promotes a Five-Star General by @monaeltahawy
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FBI Sits on Report Detailing White-Supremacist Terror Threat
In violation of the law, the FBI won’t deliver a legally required report on domestic terrorism before an election that many security veterans fear may spark some level of violence.
It's Easier for a White Person in Outer Space to Vote Than a Black Person in America
When first hearing about Kate Rubins, the NASA astronaut who’s currently in a space station 200 miles above Earth but was able to vote last week, I was excitedly curious about the process. Did NASA create a hologram Kate to enter a booth and cast a...
Global Roundup: Fighting for abortion rights, deaf students, trans people, and against fatphobia
Compiled and written by Miriam Batal Protests in Warsaw in 2018 against attempts to tighten up the abortion law in Poland. Photograph: Kasia Strek via Guardian SAFE ABORTIONS SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY WOMXN. THIS SHOULDN’T BE UP FOR DEBATE! NO...
Mona Eltahawy
Today’s FEMINIST GIANT Global Roundup is compiled and written by intern Miriam Batal:
Fighting for abortion rights, deaf students, trans people, and against fatphobia
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Mona Eltahawy
In today’s FEMINIST GIANT Global Roundup, intern Miriam Batal has included the latest on the abortion ban in #Poland and a photo essay on the long-running protests by women’s rights activists
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Thousands join Poland protests against strict abortion laws
Protests follow ruling that law allowing abortion of malformed foetuses is incompatible with constitution
Egypt sex attacks fuel 'feminist revolution'
Women and girls are fighting back against sexual harassment like never before.
Mona Eltahawy
And read @writtenbysalma’s essay here: #Egypt sex attacks fuel 'feminist revolution'
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I Opened An Abortion Clinic in Amy Coney Barrett’s Indiana - Rewire News Group
I know the threat Justice Amy Coney Barrett would pose to abortion access.
De vrouw als kracht van het kwaad in Sisi’s Egypte
Carolien Roelants zag een (half)blootparade van Egyptische kadetten. Maar volledig geklede vrouwen zitten vast wegens ‘zedeloze’ video's op TikTok.
Many workplaces are designed by men and for men
We need to fix structural inequalities to allow women to lead and to allow men enough time to do their share of the dishes.
Instagram row over plus-size model forces change to nudity policy
Facebook amends code after deletion of black users’ photos sparks outrage
'Race is never far from the surface': Lesley Lokko on quitting New York
The Scottish-Ghanaian architect resigned as dean at the Spitzer school after less than a year citing ‘a lack of respect and empathy for black women’
Global Roundup: Indigenous women in the Philippines, mothers from Jordan, Trans News from India, abortion laws in Japan, and a young Pakistani footballer
Compiled and written by Samiha Hossain Women now have control over more than 130 hectares (320 acres) of ancestral waters off the island of Calawit in the Philippines. Image courtesy of C3 Philippines via Mongabay Calawit, is an island that is part...
Mona Eltahawy
Today’s FEMINIST GIANT Global Roundup by intern Samiha Hossain:
Indigenous women in the Philippines, mothers from Jordan, Trans News from India, abortion laws in Japan, and a young Pakistani footballer
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Mona Eltahawy
The five interns who compile and write FEMINIST GIANT Global Roundup every Monday-Friday delight and inspire with the articles they include. Look at today’s roundup for example by Samiha Hossain!
Feminism is global and intersectional.
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19 women allege medical abuse in Georgia immigration detention
Records and a report obtained by the Times detail allegations of widespread medical abuse and forced sterilization against women held at an immigration detention center in Georgia. The report was presented to Congress Thursday.
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At least 19 women at a Georgia immigration facility are now saying that a doctor performed, or pressured them to undergo, “overly aggressive” or “medically unnecessary”surgery without their consent,incl procedures that affect their ability to have children
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BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, Is this Egypt’s #metoo moment?
Salma El-Wardany on the movement calling out the culture of sexual assault in Egypt.
Mona Eltahawy
I was glad to speak to @writtenbysalma for her BBC World Service documentary on women fighting back against sexual violence in #Egypt. Listen here
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US signs anti-abortion declaration with group of largely authoritarian governments | Abortion | The Guardian
Move is part of a campaign by Trump administration to reorient US foreign policy in a more socially conservative direction