FEMINIST GIANT

2 months ago | feministgiant.com | Mona Eltahawy

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Mar 7, 2025 | feministgiant.com | Mona Eltahawy

Rep. Al Green disrupting Trump’s address to Congress. Win McNamee/ Andrew Harnik/ Getty ImagesAlso read: Why Trump WonAnd: Dear White DemocratsFascism is not polite. Fascism is not civil. Fascism cares little for decorum. When Rep. Al Green disrupted Donald Trump’s address to Congress, he issued a challenge that many lawmakers in that chamber failed. This is not business as usual, Green’s protest declared, as Trump spewed one lie after another.

Jan 29, 2025 | feministgiant.com | Mona Eltahawy

On his chest, Hegseth has a tattoo of the Jerusalem Cross. “That cross has a long history in Christianity but has lately been co-opted by some far-right groups as a symbol of the fight for Western civilization,” says Reuters. Photo:Instagram/Peter HegsethThis is the latest in a series.

Jan 21, 2025 | feministgiant.com | Mona Eltahawy

Logo: Sheyam GhiethWhen fascism flexes its muscles, supersize your feminism and become a giant. Close your eyes and recall your origin story. Every superhero has an origin story. Often, it is from a time when they almost succumbed to an antagonist, a force of evil, a nemesis who brought them to their knees. And then they snapped. That snap is the sound of the giant within you being born. FEMINIST GIANT is a reader-supported publication.

Jan 20, 2025 | feministgiant.com | Mona Eltahawy

Image by Dmitri Posudin from PixabayI moved from Egypt to the United States in 2000. With the return to the White House of Donald J. Trump, who calls Egypt’s current authoritarian-in-charge Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi “my favourite dictator,” it feels like I’ve spent the past quarter of a century watching the United States turn into Egypt.