After having grudgingly come to terms with the fact that I’m a bit of a romantic, I found myself wondering why I had ever denied it. My first explanation was internalized misogyny—after all, the romantic, even when characterized with inextravagance and realism, is assigned by modern patriarchy as an attribute of femininity—and, finding the idea …
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The radical notion that women are people.
Ms., Miss, and Mrs.
I have not been able to contribute as frequently to this site. This is because I spent many hours this past week thinking about writing the short story I was assigned for class. In fact, I spent so much time thinking about writing it that I may have forgotten the due date was approaching. I …
Eid al-Adha: Commemorating a Dismantling of Patriarchy
Today is the Day of Arafat, a day of repentance preceding Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha is a solemn festival to commemorate God’s intervention on the sacrifice of Isma’il (Ishmael) by his father Ibrahim (Abraham) resulting in the sacrifice of a goat instead of a son. The festival starts after Muslims on the hajj pilgrimage descend …
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To Keep in Mind Tomorrow
I really love this campaign against the stereotyping and appropriation of non-White cultures for Halloween costumes. And then this one! Okay, the first time I saw that I cringed. My instinct was that the intention of the message was to disparage, in a "cute" way (oh look! her culture is magic!), especially since it appears …
Intentional Malice: The Exclusiveness of the Sexes, Collapsing of Sex and Gender, and the Superiority of the Male
I want to talk about a verse that has appeared on this site without previous examination because it is so clear in its meaning, and extract from it a deeper understanding of the Quranic approach to sex and gender and these supposed strict “gender roles” that patriarchs insist are dictated in the Qur’an. Reverence Your …
“Men on the right think women are private property. Men on the left think women are public property.” –Toonces
(Image: Women stand beneath a sign that reads "Come In and Learn Why Women Ought to Vote"; meanwhile, a man films them with a camera labeled "Girls Gone Wild.") If you haven't heard of Steven Greenstreet, you're not missing anything. He's the typical mansplaining sexist masquerading as a progressive; specifically, he's the idiot who thought …
AntiDogmaSpray: Fatima, oh, Beloved Fatima.
Go read this article by Khadeeja. (Reproduced below.) Last night I attended a talk by somebody who had done his doctorate on Sayyidinah Fatima. It was a lecture which brought alive the historical sources. You know when you listen to somebody speak and an hour passes in a blur? Took me back to being in …
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the fatal feminist 