So you know what's annoying? When I am in the middle of a debate with a Muslim man, and I am telling him his projections interpretations are sexist and unIslamic, and he begins going on about Christians and how we Muslim women are so much better off than our "Christian counterparts." Then he starts taking …
Disregarded Verses: Women as Examples for Men
They are actually proclaimed in the Qur'an as examples for people, but to this day they are considered to have been meant for only women when believing men should also accept them as an ideal to strive toward. Shoshie, Jewish feminist, writes,This shit happens a lot in Jewish commentaries. Women are erased. Exemptions for women …
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Powerful Feminist Acts: Women and Friendship
I've been thinking about this lately, especially with being alone and with the influence of Ramadan, a time of reflection. Throughout all 20 years of my entire life, most of my friends have been women, and they have usually been very passionate women. It is not news to anyone that having a sister makes you …
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Sex Toys
There is something about vibrators and dildos that always disturbed me. I can't come across a photo of one without recoiling. For a time I chalked up my discomfort to perhaps being uncomfortable with sex and not realizing it, a possibility I was distraught about as a feminist, and often considered conditioning myself to view …
In Islam and the Qur’an: The Queen of Sheba
So tell the tale—perhaps they will reflect. (Qur'an 7:176)There are several different accounts of the Queen of Sheba--in Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and I suspect in religions and cultures outside of these--for she was an extraordinarily intelligent and open-minded queen regnant, who ruled by her own right a flourishing kingdom with expansive international trade, exceptional agriculture, …
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Ramadan 1432
That feels so strange to me. Originally I typed 2011, but the combination of an lunar month and a solar year looked almost laughably wistful. Regardless of how true it may be for me that I live in 2011 (is that even true?) and not 1432, I have an almost neurotic urge to pin things …
The Recent Massacre
I've been quiet about this. I can't really describe what I'm feeling. It's almost a scary calm when I'm in a hazy detached state, except when I actually focus my mind on it, at which point I want to sob uncontrollably.The terrorist was an anti-feminist white supremacist Islamophobe.Becky summarizes the events:I'm sure most of you …
the fatal feminist 