I used to be a huuggee anti feminist bcos the only feminism I knew of was Liberal feminism, which was a complete mess and didn’t give a shit about women from third world countries like me. I’m so glad I found the rad fem community. We’re painted as crazy feminists but we’re the ones actually talking sense. I distrust libfems but I feel safe among rad fems.

artemiswasamerf:

I feel the same way. Radfems are considered “crazy” or “hysterical” or “sensitive” because radical feminism does have teeth. It gets shit done. It challenges the norms, it challenges men and their “power”. It’s easier for men to discredit us by calling us these things while women have to fight tooth and nail just for someone to believe us about male violence. It’s extreamly difficult to fight against someone who has the privilege to discredit you in one label, even though we as women know that label is just another misogynistic silencing technique. Just like TERF is.

I used to be a huuggee anti feminist bcos the only feminism I knew of was Liberal feminism, which was a complete mess and didn’t give a shit about women from third world countries like me. I’m so glad I found the rad fem community. We’re painted as crazy feminists but we’re the ones actually talking sense. I distrust libfems but I feel safe among rad fems.

artemiswasamerf:

I feel the same way. Radfems are considered “crazy” or “hysterical” or “sensitive” because radical feminism does have teeth. It gets shit done. It challenges the norms, it challenges men and their “power”. It’s easier for men to discredit us by calling us these things while women have to fight tooth and nail just for someone to believe us about male violence. It’s extreamly difficult to fight against someone who has the privilege to discredit you in one label, even though we as women know that label is just another misogynistic silencing technique. Just like TERF is.

PODCAST: Serah Gazali on escaping Saudi Arabia, the guardianship system, and how Saudi women are fighting back

aunt-mimi:

A decade ago, Serah Gazali escaped Saudi Arabia, leaving behind a life where her every move was monitored and controlled. She acquired refugee status while in Mexico, based on her sex, and her application set a precedent in Latin American UNHCR case law. She is now living in Vancouver, and has not had contact with any of her family members since she left. Serah is an MA graduate student in the Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia, worked at the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Mexico, as well as with the Women’s Economic Council, and was a senior counselor for the Syrian refugee project in Canada.

In this episode I speak with her about women’s oppression in Saudi Arabian, the guardianship system, how she escaped, and how Western feminists can support the women’s movement in Saudi.

PODCAST: Serah Gazali on escaping Saudi Arabia, the guardianship system, and how Saudi women are fighting back

aunt-mimi:

A decade ago, Serah Gazali escaped Saudi Arabia, leaving behind a life where her every move was monitored and controlled. She acquired refugee status while in Mexico, based on her sex, and her application set a precedent in Latin American UNHCR case law. She is now living in Vancouver, and has not had contact with any of her family members since she left. Serah is an MA graduate student in the Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia, worked at the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Mexico, as well as with the Women’s Economic Council, and was a senior counselor for the Syrian refugee project in Canada.

In this episode I speak with her about women’s oppression in Saudi Arabian, the guardianship system, how she escaped, and how Western feminists can support the women’s movement in Saudi.

PODCAST: Serah Gazali on escaping Saudi Arabia, the guardianship system, and how Saudi women are fighting back