My Ladies-

This post isn’t really about ‘gay shizz,’ but it’s totally about woman shizz. I’ve been catching up on the things that are currently going on in Iran, and I am astounded by Iranian women. This isn’t new, people. Their actions are in no way new. The women of Iran have been fighting this way for decades…at LEAST since the 70′s and the overthrow of the Shah, and they’ve been jailed, raped, beaten, and killed for their political activity.
We in the West are often fed tales and images of women in full-body veils who passively have their lives dictated by a culture that is religiously fanatical and men who seem…misogynistic in their regard toward women at best. I just want to take this time to salute these AMAZING Iranian women- they’ve been thrust into our living rooms and our consciousnesses, and I can feel the blood racing inside to think of an Iran that liberates itself- NO HELP FROM THE US- but an Iran that crafts its own identity that merges history, culture, liberty, and religion as it sees fit.
I look forward to the end of the Ayatollahs. Maybe one day queer women too will be able to breathe free??? But here’s hoping.

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