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The 2 female insurrectionists killed on Wednesday were QAnon, which was labeled a domestic terror threat in 2019 and is driven by white suburban women. Guardian timeline of violence linked to QAnon 2018-2020 shows women were arrested for 5/12 instances. And now: an insurrection. https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1348660705906614272
When U.S. media take deep dives into QAnon, it's stunning how much fuckery white women get away with & excuses made for them. QAnon provides convenient disguise behind which white women channel far-right white supremacist fuckery into concern for children https://www.feministgiant.com/p/white-women-storm-the-capitol
During a pandemic that has disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous & mothers of colour, the “trauma” of white mothers is elevated & used to justify preponderance for dangerous conspiracy. Even as danger brazenly expressed itself, its whiteness & femininity gave it cover.
It is reminiscent of the ways Trump’s victory in 2016 was explained away “suffering working class” (read: white working class) and not the actual racism that was a driving force.
Again and again, the audacity of white womanhood obscures and obfuscates the violence that white women are allowed to get away with. https://www.feministgiant.com/p/white-women-storm-the-capitol
That is the first of my essays looking at the insurrection from a feminist lens. More very soon.
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