"Profanity is an essential tool in disrupting patriarchy and its rules. It is the verbal equivalent of civil disobedience."

Mona #Eltahawy speaks of Stella #Nyanzi: https://lithub.com/mona-eltahawy-civility-will-not-overturn-the-patriarchy/ #civility

Thank you @kixes for your articulate piece. 🙏🏼

It reminds me of most people against feminists (until recently in the West) and as you pointed to Mona #Eltahawy: https://lithub.com/mona-eltahawy-civility-will-not-overturn-the-patriarchy/

"We must recognize that the ubiquitous ways #patriarchy has socialized women to shrink themselves extends into #language."

I would translate that to another frame that i benefit from: #whiteness:

We must recognize that the ubiquitous ways #racism has socialized #POCs to shrink themselves extends into language.

Unfortunately, she's not yet on here, but please listen to Mona #Eltahawy a while back talking about privilege, white feminism, and the struggle of women to just not be murdered, specifically citing crimes commited against native women in #Canada.
Trust me, the whole segment is well worth it.
https://youtu.be/Amj3QG2s1BI
#feminism #blm #MonaEltahawy #femizid

She is active over there:
http://twitter.com/monaeltahawy