Dr Mine Sevinc

Lecturer. PhD - University of Surrey. MA - University of Leicester. postcolonial and World literature. intersectional feminist. views my own. she/her

[Dr Mine Sevinc @sevincmina]

Dear colleagues, delighted to announce that my book, Postcolonial Feminine Writing, Bodies, Gazes and Voices is out with @PeterLangGroup many thanks to all involved in the publication process! https://t.co/x2zpRSg3k8

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel executed baby Sam today with a bullet to the face in the occupied West Bank.

They killed his mother too.

Sam was only 7 months old.

They murdered a mother. And her infant.

[Dr. Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui @sabreenaGS]

Blonde-haired, blue-eyed white people from Ukraine were celebrated for making home-made Molotov cocktails to defend their land, but the brown Arab Muslim, the Iranian, the Afghan, is far too “uncivilised” to have the right to resist. Their resistance is “barbaric” because it comes from an inherently “violent” culture.

The selective application of international law and one’s right to defend themselves from illegal occupation and colonial violence has been revealed to be a complete contradiction in the west, and is no doubt infuriating.

But we need to also understand how these “resistance” narratives are processed in communities.

These narratives do not stay on our screens. They shape how entire communities see themselves.
When Indigenous, Black, and other racialised peoples repeatedly see their histories, struggles, cultures, and resistance framed as dangerous, irrational, or inherently violent, many begin to internalise those messages.

Some distance themselves from their own identities in search of safety, acceptance, or legitimacy.

Others carry a deep, unspoken rage born from exclusion, dispossession, and the constant demand to prove their humanity.

When people are disconnected from their roots, denied dignity, and taught to be ashamed of where they come from, they will still search for belonging. It’s a basic human need to feel a sense of community.

The question is whether we create spaces that nurture healing, identity, and justice, or leave them vulnerable to finding belonging in places that exploit their pain.

[Eye on Palestine @EyeonPalestine]

During a show in Cyprus, comedian Victor Patrascan cleverly countered an Israeli audience member who asked him to distinguish between Israelis and their government. His sharp retort was: "But you are the only democracy in the Middle East, sir.... you choose your government."

[susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى @susanabulhawa]

Harvard law professor, board member of the Holocaust Museum, board member of the Brandeis Center Mitch Weber is here discussing how to navigate sex tourism laws with minors.

[Dr Mine Sevinc @sevincmina]

@KateClanchy1 I’m doing feminist poetry in class this week and this is definitely going in our reading list. Bravo for such an eloquent poem. Dear poet, please know that your voice matters 🙏

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

It wasn't immigrants killing women and girls in Epping.

It was English men, predominantly abusive husbands and boyfriends.

I'm sure it's easier to blame immigrants than it is to acknowledge deep-rooted misogyny but deflecting from problems rarely solves or improves anything.

[Abdullah Omar🇵🇸 @Abdullah_Om3r03]

I am Abdullah from Gaza. I live next to death. I don't know when will be my last day. There was a bombing very close to me. I hope you will follow me and support me until the end. Raise my voice to the world. Do not forget about us. We are up against the world here. We need your help. Please follow me and share my account. It seems small to you but this will mean a lot to me. Reply to this tweet with a supportive message to keep me going.

[shauna ミ☆ @uptonjareau]

what’s currently happening in the UK: a non-exhaustive thread

[Abier @abierkhatib]

Israel, “in self- defense”, electrified Palestinians detainees in the anus

Do Y’all have the imagination to picture that?
I don’t….

[Dr Mine Sevinc @sevincmina]

Oh let’s all console this white woman for losing in a fair fight against an African woman

[Algeria FC @Algeria_FC]

This entire Imane Khelif situation is a direct result of the IBA being an absolute clown organization run by the biggest clown of them all Umar Kremlev 🤡🤡

Today they once again showed why they are a clown organization and no longer recognized by the Olympic Committee

[Dr Mine Sevinc @sevincmina]

They don’t care about women at all, only care about policing women’s bodies and if others conform to their own whitewashing ideologies

[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

Wow

[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

Wow

[JonnyUtd @Fx1Jonny]

Dear god!!

Israeli soldiers locked a woman and her baby in her house and set it on fire and recorded themselves singing as they are burned alive!

Why?? Why?? Ffs 🤬🤬🤬

[Nida Kirmani @NidaKirmani]

What can we learn from the #ImaneKhelif case?
1. The gender binary is inherently unstable.
2. Human bodies are extremely diverse.
3. Black/brown athletes face immense racism.
4. Transphobia has reached absurd heights.
5. Many hearts will bleed for a crying white woman.

[Michaela Makusha @MakushaMichaela]

It is so telling how transphobes hop on women of colour and muscular women. It's almost as if this was never about protecting women but trying to reinforce a narrow view of womanhood and feminine bodies that excludes anyone who doesn't conform.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

In 48 hours:

Israel bombed civilians in 5 countries.

Israel debated if it's okay to rape Palestinians.

Israel killed the man they’re negotiating with.

Israel violated UN resolutions, Geneva and Vienna Conventions.

Israel killed the journalists covering these events.

[Algeria FC @Algeria_FC]

If you really want to be outraged at an actual male at the #Olympics

Steven van de Velde 🇳🇱 is a rapist and a pedophile. When he was 19, he went to the UK and raped a 12-year old girl after giving her alcohol.

He’s representing the Netherlands in beach volleyball.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

In the last 48 hours alone, Israel has dropped bombs on:

Palestine 🇵🇸
Lebanon 🇱🇧
Syria 🇸🇾
Iran 🇮🇷

Not a peep from the “international community”, of course.