Ask me before you touch me if you don’t usually touch me. Thanks.

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 …

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Why is the sun particularly blinding in the winter?

I have nothing to say about 2018, so present you this unflattering photo of myself grimacing into the sun while driving. (Don't worry! I was coming to a stop light! Drive safe.) This cringing sums up my entire year. Yes, I'm still sick and, in the photo, driving between work-related errands; my lipstick has worn …

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The Oath Possesses Your Right Hand

Shortly after reading my article regarding polygamy, a beloved friend of mine (shoutout) maintained that “the responsibility possessing your right hand” should remain “the responsibility your right hand possesses” (translated across all other versions as “what your right hands possess”) because it is grammatically the right hand that is doing the possessing. I could see …

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Polygamy is haraam.

I don’t really care about the outrage I’m going to spark, but before I spark it, I want to briefly mention that my understanding of haraam does not contrast starkly with halaal. In the thoughts of most Muslims, “haraam” translates to “forbidden.” Most of you know already that I subscribe to moral absolutes, i.e. I …

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