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 …
despite our capacity to know ourselves, south asian women don’t; we take from black women instead
Bear with me for a second, because I want to be painfully honest about south asian women in regards to an issue which speaks to why Rupi Kaur has been plagiarizing nayyirah waheed from the very beginning of her career. And when I say honesty, I am speaking of my own experience and perspective: I …
Article: “It’s Time to Stop Acting like Women are the Reason Islamophobia Exists”
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 …
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White Feminists Prioritize Race Over Sex: on Failing to Understand White Feminism
My fever for the past few days is currently at 103°F, so I apologize in advance if this post makes jumps, but it all bears repeating. No one in the history of revolutions has ever placed sex before race, including white women, who consistently prioritize their race over their sex (see: voting for men who've …
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Where to Find Me (And What Writing to Submit)
Dear readers, I have some new posts coming, but am obliged to take care of some things… about you. Since I’ve announced that I am collecting pieces for an annual publication (guidelines for submission here) to which I am excited to read your contributions, I’m connecting all of you to the publisher accounts so that …
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