Daily Dose: 37
Feminism in 3D: Defy, Disobey, Disrupt
Logo: Sheyam Ghieth
Revolutions are never about single events. Patriarchy will not be dismantled in one blow. It always requires several blows that target a host of oppressions. The power of patriarchy is strong, and our power to imagine our freedom from it must be even more ferocious. It is increasingly apparent around the world that feminist and queer alliances are particularly powerful, effective and necessary in the fight against patriarchy.
Your compatriot, my dear friend Nawal el Saadawi, always used to say one just has to commit to be in the struggle. There are no one-time wins that end age old oppressive systems such as the class patriarchal one against which all sane people are in a solidarity of global struggle. We take the small wins, we keep fighting....