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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
It is the latest polite mask for white supremacy. It has elected two representatives to Congress, both white women.
Pause and ponder that for a moment: a movement labeled a domestic terror threat is driven by white suburban women.
Pause and ponder that for a moment: a movement labeled a domestic terror threat is driven by white suburban women.
Trump has refused to denounce QAnon and repeats their conspiracies.
Why would he denounce a group that is driven by white women, who have been consistently voting Republican since 1952 because it is in their interest to protect the interests of white patriarchy.
Why would he denounce a group that is driven by white women, who have been consistently voting Republican since 1952 because it is in their interest to protect the interests of white patriarchy.
If they were not white or certainly if they were Muslim, these women would be called fanatics, thus is the privilege of whiteness. White womanhood is privilege sweetened w/ an innocence & fragility that white women--liberal/conservative, Trump-voting/not--are adept at weaponizing
When U.S. media have taken deep dives into QAnon, it is stunning how much fuckery white women get away with. QAnon provides a convenient disguise behind which white women channel their far-right white supremacist fuckery into concern for (white) children.
And who dares argue with that most deified of creatures, the white mother?
During a pandemic that has disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous & mothers of colour, the “trauma” of white mothers is elevated and used to justify their preponderance for a dangerous conspiracy.
During a pandemic that has disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous & mothers of colour, the “trauma” of white mothers is elevated and used to justify their preponderance for a dangerous conspiracy.
Even as that danger grew, and so brazenly expressed itself in the run-up to the insurrection, its whiteness and its femininity gave it cover.
“QAnon’s influence was evident as the mob descended on the halls of Congress.” https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-conspiracy-theories-michael-pence-media-social-media-daba3f5dd16a431abc627a5cfc922b87
“QAnon’s influence was evident as the mob descended on the halls of Congress.” https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-conspiracy-theories-michael-pence-media-social-media-daba3f5dd16a431abc627a5cfc922b87
It is reminiscent of the ways Trump’s victory in 2016 was explained away with references to the “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
Even when they join insurrection, pummel way through doors that separate upper echelons of U.S. govt from the mob braying for violence, white women are still remembered for the best versions of themselves.
Women who joined ISIS were never afforded such an audacious innocence
Women who joined ISIS were never afforded such an audacious innocence
That is the first of my essays looking at the insurrection from a feminist lens. More very soon.
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