11/02/2026
“For those of us who have spent our lives trying to dismantle this endlessly destructive paradigm of patriarchy, it has become increasingly clear in recent months that something more terrifying is afoot.
The wheels are off the cart. We are in the midst of a chaotic, demented acceleration of the most violent and cruel aspects of this system which has evolved into what I am calling Psychopatriarchy.
Psychopatriarchy is a reaction, a backlash against the progress we have made on all fronts: women’s rights, civil rights, immigrant rights, workers rights, trans rights etc.
Psychopatriarchy is a sanctioning of extreme hatred and violence against women from the top, many of whom are rapists, batterers, pedophiles and abusers or men who openly support them.
Psychopatriarchy is women dying preventable deaths because abortion care is denied or delayed or the introduction of extreme constitutional amendments such as North Carolina House Bill 1232, where men might be legally allowed to kill women who have abortions. This bill will hopefully not pass, but the fact that it is even being considered is an example of how deeply far we have fallen.” The Guardian US V (formerly Eve Ensler)
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👏 Tomorrow we get the chance to voice our dissent. Make a plan to vote! 🇺🇸✔️ Let’s fight, let’s work, and let’s use our platforms, until this is no longer the reality we’re awash in.
I want to offer something else that may sound, at first, too small for a moment this heavy. I believe female joy is the medicine we need, the difference between surviving and actually living.
I’m proposing that female joy IS the revolution this moment calls for, and I don’t mean that to be trite, or glib. Female joy cannot be owned, sanctioned, or tamed. Female joy is all ours to experience and inhabit. Female joy is the revolution! Join us. ✨
Link to SHOP on Maternal Wellness Center website:: comfy revolution gear. Proceeds to benefit Women Against Abuse, in Philadelphia.