Aside from destructively dismissing the reality that Muslim women are oppressed at all, the excruciatingly fatuous tendencies of patriarchy apologists include resorting to name-dropping famed scholars, as well as an egotistical inclination to believe that these apologists are correct in their often oppressive interpretations simply due to being part of the visible majority, a sentiment …
Category: social justice
Marital Rape
About a week ago an article written by a good friend of mine that condemned deadly and immoral and quite frankly disgusting invalidation of the seriousness of rape in certain situations sparked a discussion when linked by another good friend. The discussion was nothing short of alarming. Considering that the article itself denounced the intolerable …
microaggressions: it’s the little things
A quick, overdue post. When I was in high school I learned to be very hesitant to reveal to others the structure of my family because they would promptly discredit valuable parts of my identity: "Oh you don’t have a father--no wonder you’re a feminist!" or, if I had made the mistake of explaining more …
the fatal feminist 