As an Israeli woman living in Israel and watching the war unfold following the October 7 Hamas massacres, I believe that we have ample space in our brains to care about, and speak up for, both the Israeli women who were raped and murdered by Hamas, and continued sexual assaults on Israeli women captives in Gaza, as well as Palestinian women in Gaza who are facing extreme deprivation as a result of Israel's assault on Gaza, including, but not limited to: Lack of period supplies, destruction of hospitals where birthing women can receive care, malnutrition among breast-feeding moms in Gaza, and their babies, and loss of education (for both women and men) as a result of destruction of universities in Gaza.
I came across this interesting post written by a man, re the Andrew Tate concerns. Its not a particularly feminist take but interesting view nonetheless.
Adding my voice to the chorus of ‘I have no answers’ re Gaza and a feminist standpoint, it’s got me thinking though as I’ve been reading Future Girl in which Harris talks of girls as the ‘can do’s’ or ‘at risk’ - I’m wondering if the future girl of Harris’s book (2004) is busy - something I saw last week around the erosion of public services having a disproportionate effect on women, (hanging around on a phone for a dr appt was the example given there). The other thought I have is around simplicity, and the critical action that can be taken to potest for peace vs the critical action that is needed to dismantle the complex intersections of oppression that result in conflict (although that words seems to hide the atrocity) we are seeing in Gaza.
As an Israeli woman living in Israel and watching the war unfold following the October 7 Hamas massacres, I believe that we have ample space in our brains to care about, and speak up for, both the Israeli women who were raped and murdered by Hamas, and continued sexual assaults on Israeli women captives in Gaza, as well as Palestinian women in Gaza who are facing extreme deprivation as a result of Israel's assault on Gaza, including, but not limited to: Lack of period supplies, destruction of hospitals where birthing women can receive care, malnutrition among breast-feeding moms in Gaza, and their babies, and loss of education (for both women and men) as a result of destruction of universities in Gaza.
Hi Alona,
I came across this interesting post written by a man, re the Andrew Tate concerns. Its not a particularly feminist take but interesting view nonetheless.
https://www.conorfitzgerald.com/p/andrew-tate-and-the-idea-of-the-positive?r=1ktkfk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Adding my voice to the chorus of ‘I have no answers’ re Gaza and a feminist standpoint, it’s got me thinking though as I’ve been reading Future Girl in which Harris talks of girls as the ‘can do’s’ or ‘at risk’ - I’m wondering if the future girl of Harris’s book (2004) is busy - something I saw last week around the erosion of public services having a disproportionate effect on women, (hanging around on a phone for a dr appt was the example given there). The other thought I have is around simplicity, and the critical action that can be taken to potest for peace vs the critical action that is needed to dismantle the complex intersections of oppression that result in conflict (although that words seems to hide the atrocity) we are seeing in Gaza.