#Woke Feminism

Julia Fox and Vogue France

These walkouts are not as uncommon as the reader may think, in fact, there are many cases of female politicians or female workers of non-Muslim origin refusing to begin a school tour because a parent of a child was wearing a hijab. Often these women act very irrationally, the best way to describe said reactions is to simply state that these women went full “karen”; crying, flinging themselves on the ground, throwing a child tantrum, calling the police, etc. All these tantrums are because the veil somehow prevents the woman from doing her job and explaining the said job, that somehow seeing a veil makes her become infantile.

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What is a White Feminist?

A White feminist is defined by author Ruby Hamad, White Tears Brown Scars, as: “White feminists -which does not mean “any feminist who is white” but refers to feminists who prioritize the concerns of white, middle-class women as though they are representative of all women. “ Rafia Zakaria author of Against White Feminism explains white …

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The Truth About Women In History:

The history of women has been silenced, alongside the history of LGBTQ+ voices. Depending on where we are geographically in history, we can include minorities (Black voices in Europe, Muslims, Jews, Gypsies, Indigenous persons). These histories have been silenced by mainly those in control, cis-men, and usually white men if we are talking about the …

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Feminism Spirituality

Women in Spiritual Paths: Part One

Women play a prominent role in religious societies but are left out of these said societies when discussing their religion or religious experiences. Religious experiences are promoted through the male gaze by the way of male prophets, gurus, or scholars ignoring women who either influenced said men or contributed to the “way.” If women are …

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Paper Review: Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarships and Colonial Discourses. By Chandra Talpade Mohanty

In Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses, Chandra Talpade Mohanty takes a stand on how Western feminists interact with third-world women. This paper provides a wide range of critiques on the interactions between Western feminist and third world women. Mohanty focuses on power relations and how the third world woman is defined within …

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Muslim Representation

The issue is, as always, the face veil is used in various ways but one. It isn’t shown as a normal outfit, something that someone like me would wear on a daily basis. Comical representation is okay with the veil as long as it is done right, like in Kim’s Convivence. The best thing I can say is that soft islamophobia is still islamophobia.

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