The radical notion that women are people.
A while ago I stopped wearing bras on a daily basis, mostly because, unless I'm going for a run, I don't need them. My breasts sort of have a natural lift anyway, and no one notices. This morning I happened to stoop over to reach for something in a dress I was wearing and simultaneously …
Continue reading I went up two bra sizes and it is unacceptable.
Yesterday I was reminded of a post I wrote years ago when, during an otherwise pleasant experience at a medical spa, a nurse attempted to apply protective yellow goggles to my face by jamming them into my freshly pierced helix. (That’s the ear cartilage.) The request for consent needn’t be verbal: I could have cautioned …
Continue reading Ask me before you touch me if you don’t usually touch me. Thanks.
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We don't care about sexist Islamophobia. The men-represent-your-religion-not-you Islamophobia. The prioritize-me-because-I'm-a-Muslim-man Islamophobia. We don't care about homophobic Islamophobia, biphobic Islamophobia, transphobic Islamophobia, anti-LGBTQ Islamophobia. The you-can't-be-Muslim-if-you-love-the-wrong-person Islamophobia. The I'm-going-to-beat-this-out-of-you Islamophobia. We don't care about misogynoiristic Islamophobia. The how-can-you-talk-about-Boko-Haraam-when-there-are-drones-in-Afghanistan Islamophobia. The your-body-is-inherently-opposed-to-hijab Islamophobia. We don't care about anti-black Islamophobia. The black-Muslims-are-an-afterthought-not-the-founders-of-Islam-in-this-illegal-nation Islamophobia. The we-don't-claim-black-artists-as-Muslim Islamophobia. We …
In what world is it okay to implicate Muslim women in white supremacy? How does a Muslim man muster up the immodesty to tell a Muslim woman outraged about sexual assault that she’s an agent for white supremacy? That she should watch her words because white men are listening? What, exactly, is she meant to …
Continue reading Article: “It’s Time to Stop Acting like Women are the Reason Islamophobia Exists”
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My methodology for reading, understanding, and interpreting Qur’anic verses is not a unique one; however, it is inarguable that over the past centuries, the Qur'an has been subject to gross misinterpretations, particularly by individuals who read to indulge their debauchery rather than with the best meaning as the Qur'an advises. Thus, I’m compelled to describe …
the fatal feminist 