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Dr. Stella Nyanzi is one of the most important feminists of our time. She personifies the political power of profanity. The #Ugandan dictator jailed her for it. Listen to this great episode of @Roughly with @eyderp h/t @Nanjala1 #RadicalRudeness npr.org/2020/10/28/928…
And then watch and listen to the conversation the two of us had for @akefestival on 'Why Africa Needs Feminist Giants' with @aishasalaudeen and @msafropolitan. #AkeFest2020 #AkeFestOnline
I devote the bulk of the chapter on Profanity in The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls on Dr. Stella Nyanzi. She is a master at its political use! I explain why in this thread I wrote when she was released in February.
At her sentencing for harassing #Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni, feminist academic & activist Dr. Stella Nyanzi -who appeared via a screen - staged a nude protest & shouted “fuck you fuck you.” She is a revolutionary engaging in the “radical rudeness” of anti-colonial activists
#FF @RosebellK who has been covering Stella Nyanzi’s trial.
I’m a registered Independent (I am way to the left of most US politicians) but this is noteworthy: holding white men accountable is considered “impolite.” Incredible. As I say in the chapter in my new book on the importance of profanity & this obsession w/civility: fuck that
Fuck this obsession with civility and politeness. It is instructive that in the era of Trump — a man who has torpedoed the notion of civility — women are still expected to be polite and demure. I wrote this - and expanded it into a chapter in my new book google.com/amp/s/www.nbcn…
Patriarchy - and attendant oppressions such as racism, capitalism, bigotry, etc - wants us to forever remain within the straitjacket of niceness and politeness, despite the violence it subjects us to.
“And when your son looks at you and says ‘Mama look you won. Bullies don’t win.’ And I said ‘Baby, they don’t. Because we’re gonna go in there, we’re gonna impeach the motherfucker.’” - Rep. Rashida Tlaib
#WhyIsayFuck #116thCongress
#WhyIsayFuck #116thCongress
“People are like, ‘Rashida, maybe you should put the bullhorn away.’ No! ‘Maybe you shouldn’t wear those gym shoes everywhere.’...I say fuck that.” h/t @rerutled #WhyIsayFuck
“I didn’t change or try to run away from being Arabeyya,Muslimah, Falestenyya &...it’s such an addition on top of that to being a badass organizer.Don’t ever let anyone take away your roots,culture,who you are bec when you(don’t change) people love you & you win” @RashidaTlaib
