This past week I've received numerous emails linking me to an article written by Rajbir Singh Judge that cites a vignette I drafted with the claim, in the fluid language of academic objectivity, that my desire to pray without a barrier is dishonest and selfish. A telling excerpt is this quote from the article, "Rather …
Continue reading Men are going to write things to explain me, and y’all have to accept that.
The vast majority of Muslim men, whether from previously/currently colonized nations or otherwise, live in patriarchal cultures; the Qur’an itself addresses this, for example, when demanding to know why men have buried their daughters alive or when protecting women from accusations of adultery. However, when confronted with this reality, men pretend that they weren’t patriarchal …
From the perception at the ground, a rainbow resembles an arc. From the sky, we can view its true shape, a full circle. A ring. (The Goddess proposes to you.)
# BlackMenSmiling hurts my heart. No one should have to put on a show of their humanity to convince you they’re human. It wasn’t until after I had this reaction, my nerves both flighted and recoiled at the tweets and headlines, that I remembered a former friend said this to me about Muslims presenting themselves …
When I was young (14-16), I'd witnessed straight male classmates make jokes to their bi and gay friends about how they better not hit on them. Since then, I'd seen other straight women do this too. The cruelty with which this "acceptance" was laced was so obvious to me. How is not immediate to someone …
Me: There are white converts on this thread who think we will prioritize them over black Muslims. This girl: I busted out laughing at this so hard because that's exactly the image I project online yet I'm somehow surprised when that's what people gather. My mother worked in an assembly line and raised us alone. …
Continue reading How do I make this the biography in every book I publish?
I am finally able to form an explanation—in words—for why I cannot seem to ever answer this question despite being asked every two weeks. The question of whether I want to get married is not the same as whether I want to go to law school or whether I want to …I don’t know, be …
the fatal feminist 