Daily Dose: 117

Feminism in 3D: Defy, Disobey, Disrupt

Logo: Sheyam Ghieth

Fascism is not polite. Fascism is not civil. Fascism cares little for decorum. Whether we are urged to be civil to racists or polite to patriarchy, the goal is the same: to maintain the power of the racist, to maintain the power of patriarchy. Demanding we stay within the lines of decorum even as a fascist fuck occupies the White House is the height of white privilege—the privilege of those least hurt by that fascist fuck. The obsession with civility and decorum in the United States is bipartisan and white. Fascism isn’t an “idea” to be debated. We--whose lives are directly threatened by that fascist fuck—are expected to behave and play along. Profanity is an essential tool in disrupting patriarchy and its rules. It is the verbal equivalent of civil disobedience. Fuck decorum at a time of fascism.