O Sister, Where Art Thou?

The default response to the Oct 7 <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-rape-of-the-israeli-women-october-7-hamas-gaza-progressives-c2a4cd38" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">rapes</a>/atrocities/<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/oct/08/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-palestinian-attack-october-2023-gaza-conflict-hostages-latest-news" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">massacre</a> from women’s organisations, and from representatives like <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-violence-against-women/reem-alsalem" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Reem Alsalem</a>, tasked with fighting male violence against women, was not what I’d expected – an outpouring of outrage at the perpetrators and sympathy for victims and survivors. Instead, many ignored the attack altogether, some denied or justified it, and some responded with triumphant glee at the comeuppance of the “colonial-oppressors”. <a href="https://medium.com/@BeaJaspert/a-plea-to-my-sisters-af424fdc9364">Learn More</a>