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.
Tag: feminism
Hijab Shaming
lmost every Muslim woman who has worn a hijab or niqab at some point in their lives has experienced veil shaming.
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 …
How Many Times Do We Have to Tell You? Stop Using the Image of Muslim Women
Soon after the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban and the Texas anti-abortion law, liberals started to dust off their orientalist images of niqabi women. So when we use the images of the niqab to point out the injustices of American women or Western women we are stereotyping women who wear the veil as oppressive.
So I Wrote a Book
I wrote a book called Demystifying the Niqab: The History of The Face Veil, The Laws Against It, and Why it Matters.
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 …
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.
Response to Amaliah Anonymous, “12 things I can’t reconcile about Islam as a Muslim woman”
So, I ran across a particular post written by anonymous on Amaliah.com. The Questions were actually very generic ones that women have asked themselves over and over again. It was responded to by someone who had more…strict religious beliefs but I think responded in a wonderful way. I, however, wanted to answer the questions …
Aisha, not your rape victim
Aisha….Oh, Aisha, the mother of Muslims and the wife of Muhammad. The wonderful controversial women that people love to hate
Can Women be Imams?
Can women become Imams, like there are female priest and rabbis? Yes