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

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy

March 1, 2022 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

Happy Women’s History Month in the US. Let’s talk about feminism and burning patriarchy to the ground, shall we? When I read ASKReview’s review of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls in December 2021 I immediately threw it onto my to read list for 2022. A book described succinctly as “a call to action written by a queer woman of color” was absolutely something I want to read. There is much in the world that is fucking awful and the roots of that […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: dismantling the patriarchy, faintingviolet, feminism, incandescent rage, Intersectionality, Mona Eltahawy, read harder challenge, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:23 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: dismantling the patriarchy, faintingviolet, feminism, incandescent rage, Intersectionality, Mona Eltahawy, read harder challenge, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls, we need diverse books ·
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