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Refugee from Twitter. Will be keeping my head down for a while. Planet Patriarchy, my joint birthing effort with Beatrix Campbell will be published in July 2025. All views are my daughter's. www.rahilagupta.uk
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Rahila Gupta @rahilag.bsky.social · Apr 16
My co-written book with @campbellbeatrix.bsky.social will be launched on 3rd July in Central London. To book your place, go to bit.ly/PlanetPatria...
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As part of #16DaysOfActivism, SBS and CWASU are hosting @rahilag.bsky.social and Bea Campbell to discuss their latest book Planet Patriarchy, in conversation with Professor Liz Kelly.

📍 @londonmetuni.bsky.social
📅 3 December | 🕓 4:30 PM

Don’t miss out!

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Bea Campbell and Rahila Gupta in conversation with Liz Kelly
At this year's CWASU and SBS collaboration, Bea & Rahila will discuss their new book on patriarchy's many faces in the age of globalisation
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November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
rahilag.bsky.social
Fab review of my book on FiLiA's history. Kay Green can see my admiration for FiLiA & that my invocation of Palestine was not intended to derail it but make it more inclusive . As she says, 'Rahila didn’t throw a dead cat, she threw a live elephant.' kaygreen.blog/2025/10/30/v...
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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The SBS statement on FILIA, Zionism and Palestine is now open to signatures.

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SBS STATEMENT ON FILIA CONFERENCE  - Southall Black Sisters
At a time when Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza has entered its second year, the FiLiA conference in Brighton highlighted deep schisms within a feminist movement committed to end violence against wo...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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For those who have followed the fallout from the Filia conference: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...
SBS STATEMENT ON FILIA CONFERENCE  - Southall Black Sisters
At a time when Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza has entered its second year, the FiLiA conference in Brighton highlighted deep schisms within a feminist movement committed to end violence against wo...
southallblacksisters.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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For the record this is what I said @filiacharity.bsky.social 2025 conference. I'm being misrepresented by people intent on forwarding their own distorted agendas @maryamaldossari.bsky.social @maryamnamazie.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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All those who live within reach of Leicester, please come to this event.
leicsecularsociety.bsky.social Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · Oct 10
📢📚Rahila Gupta (@rahilag.bsky.social) presents “Unholy Alliance: Religion & Patriarchy”, co-author of Planet Patriarchy. She argues religious shackles prevent women’s liberation—especially in Russia, El Salvador and Saudi Arabia. Sun 26 Oct, 6:30pm • Secular Hall: All welcome ☕ Donations welcome.
October 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Really great review by Jayne Egerton
September 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Also my blood, sweat and tears 🙂
filiacharity.bsky.social FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · Sep 12
Against Extractivism of Women & the Natural World; and Looking Forward, this book is a moment in time, captured.

‘With detailed testimony and wise commentary, @rahilag.bsky.social captures the blood, sweat, & tears of 10 years of British feminism, 2013-2023.’ ~ Melissa Farley
September 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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As part of the 10th celebrations, we share news of a book by @rahilag.bsky.social, British Feminism: Through A FiLiA Lens, a herstory of the #Feminist voices & activism of the last decade of #FiLiA

Pre-order for collection at #FiLiA2025 or delivery 🔗 shop.filia.org.uk/products/bri...
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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The #FiLiA #newsletter is out!

🔗 bit.ly/FiLiANewsletter12092025

#FiLiA2025 speakers & sessions @glosswitch.bsky.social @rachelhewitt.bsky.social @laurafreixas.bsky.social @jophoenix1.bsky.social, FiLiA book by @rahilag.bsky.social, TUWN update @kiritunks.bsky.social @ph-severn.bsky.social & more!
September 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Against Extractivism of Women & the Natural World; and Looking Forward, this book is a moment in time, captured.

‘With detailed testimony and wise commentary, @rahilag.bsky.social captures the blood, sweat, & tears of 10 years of British feminism, 2013-2023.’ ~ Melissa Farley
September 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
rahilag.bsky.social
I am proud too to have got to know the inner workings of @filiacharity.bsky.social and the work they put in all year to organise the conference, produce weekly newsletter, support various campaigns, submissions to govt, lobbying local govt to bring about change for women
September 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Our friend Rohan was arrested today for standing against genocide in Palestine.
September 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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💥 #FiLiA2025 session news 💥

PLANET PATRIARCHY: Why does Patriarchy persist, across diverse countries & cultures? @rahilag.bsky.social & @campbellbeatrix.bsky.social explore themes of their book, Planet Patriarchy: Global Tales of Feminism & Oppression, with Jayne Egerton.

🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
September 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Long live people power.! Hope this kind of action spreads . Loss of business is the only thing that will change policy, not loss of lives.
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Italian Dockworkers Threaten to ‘Shut Down All of Europe’ If Gaza Aid Flotilla Is Blocked | Novara Media
A union representing dockworkers at one of the largest ports in the Mediterranean - a key stopping point for Israeli goods - has said it will ‘block everything’ if Israel stops the inbound aid flotill...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Sad, though predictable, what Starmer's Labour party is influenced by. Labour announces rapid asylum hotel closures but remains impervious to calls to deproscribe Palestine Action.
August 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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My article on the difficulties of writing about patriarchy for my joint book. Planet Patriarchy, with ‪@campbellbeatrix.bsky.social‬ in authoritarian countries where the lives and careers of activists are at risk:
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August 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Patriarchy refuses to die. But women are resisting, as @rahilag.bsky.social explains, in a fascinating conversation that takes us from Riyadh and Russia to Rojava.

Listen to the full episode of In Solidarity here or wherever you get your podcasts
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July 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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📅 The next hearing in the retrial of Manahel al-Otaibi — a fitness instructor sentenced by #Saudi authorities to 11 years for her peaceful activism — has been postponed to Tuesday 22 July, at the SCC in Riyadh.

ALQST encourages diplomats to request access to the trial.
July 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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maryamaldossari.bsky.social
I wrote this for @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social ‬⁩: Nothing unnerves Britain’s loudest self-styled ‘feminist’ commentators more than the Palestinian flag — not as a cry for justice, but as an affront to their moral high ground. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/when...
When Britain's 'feminists' cheer for bombs and sneer at Palestinian suffering
The UK's most prominent 'feminists' ignore women in Gaza under bombs and siege, but speak up to manufacture consent for western wars or attack the anti-war left
www.middleeasteye.net
July 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Unboxing our book, Planet Patriarchy, the latest marketing wheeze recommended by the publishers. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social @campbellbeatrix.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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‘... Campbell and Gupta ...tell shocking stories of violence against women, [but] they also celebrate the awesome wit, courage and creativity of feminist resistance. What an essential, intelligent and ultimately uplifting book!’ — Anne Karpf @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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We stand against the authoritarian turn of a Labour govt and publish a statement of solidarity with all those whose rights have been affected.
July 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Great comprehensive thread on last night’s 📚📖launch event for Planet Patriarchy 🌎
emily1collins.bsky.social Emily Collins @emily1collins.bsky.social · Jul 4
Went to the @filiacharity.bsky.social launch of Planet Patriarchy by @campbellbeatrix.bsky.social and @rahilag.bsky.social last night - @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social facilitated a fascinating conversation & it sounds like an amazing book! Really looking forward to reading. 🧵
July 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM