Part 1 Although I don't know why most people read this website, I can gather from emails I receive occasionally that for some the reason might be some form of religious consultation. I am going to tell you that I am a Bad Person to ask for religious advice. That is not to say I …
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Raising Hands
The last time I was at the masjid was about six months ago. I was teaching Islamic studies on Sundays, as I had been doing for quite a few years, until just this year, when my mother insisted that, since I would be graduating university in the spring, I ought to focus entirely on my …
a note to LGBT Muslims
Over the past couple of years I've received some messages in my inbox asking for advice. I can't imagine why anyone would ask me, a straight woman, about advice coming out, except out of desperation and having nowhere else to turn. It breaks my heart to know I can't help you because I can't possibly …
announcement: the winner of the lingerie giveaway
It's time! OMG YOU GUIZE. The winner of the lingerie giveaway, generated at random, is Rebekka. I'll be emailing you Rebekka! For everyone else who entered, don't be discouraged! There will be another giveaway, probably very soon. Thank you all so much for entering! Xx Nahida
a lesson in logical fallacies, to my critical thinking instructors
no true scotsman 1.1 this cannot be a true Muslim true Muslims are terrorists at a fundamental(ist) level friendly feminist fire: you cannot be a true religious woman; religion is anti-feminist and what you practice is not bandwagon 2.1 a man of color accuses a woman of racism for rejecting his advances because white men …
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Girl Sues Her Parents for the Right to Carry a Pregnancy to Term
In Texas, a 16-year-old girl sued her parents who were pressuring her to abort her pregnancy. She won her case. While the pressure itself is not illegal (and shouldn't be, even though it sucks), some of the extreme methods of coercion on which the parents unfortunately relied definitely should be illegal, because these are consistent …
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showy menstruation
I haven't done this in forever, but it's that time of month again. Which means--nail polish! (Here is an explanation. Basically, according to mainstream interpretation nail polish creates a barrier to the nail for the cleansing ritual before prayer, so Muslim women tend to only wear it when they are not obligated to pray--during menstruation, …
the fatal feminist 