Jacana Media hosted a Don’t Shut Up Conversation titled ‘Femme Erasure: Our Queer Undoing’ yesterday.

Watch the recording below.

Throughout history queer revolutions have been led by femmes and womn, yet rarely are their lives celebrated until history absolves them.

In a time of relentless global queer oppression, feminist giant and author Mona Eltahawy, filmmaker and queer activist Bev Ditsie and Jamil F Khan, critical diversity scholar and author of Khamr: The Makings of a Waterslams, discussed the erasure of femmes and womn from revolutionary movements they birthed and its implications for queer, feminist resistance against patriarchy.

Such an honour and thrill and delight to have been in conversation with @bevditsie and @JamilFarouk! If you missed it, catch the recording! https://t.co/ylnHOpxzbi

— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) September 30, 2020

This morning I wake up with my fierce sister warrior feminist giant @monaeltahawy's words: "I don't want to be equal to men who themselves are not free. I want to be free"

Morning maqabane
Makunyiwe#SayHerFuckingName

— Bev (@bevditsie) October 1, 2020

Look at me being shook at the gems being dropped. 🤣🤣🤣

Loved every minute of this wonderful conversation! Thank you @bevditsie and @monaeltahawy! https://t.co/d0PhjhKd2O

— Jamil F. Khan (@JamilFarouk) September 30, 2020

 

If you missed this powerful discussion, you can watch the video below, or click this link:

• Watch the replay here

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