Gender

Lady Gaga and the burqa: it’s personal

I’m nervous, you guys, because I’ve done a very personal thing. I’ve guest-blogged about Lady Gaga and the burqa over at Godlessness in Theory, Alex Gabriel’s Freethought Blog.  And what I’ve done in this post is tell a very personal story. An excerpt: I’m not here to give yet another …

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Gender

How the Hijab Objectifies: Part One of the Hijab Series

This is the first in a three-part discussion about the hijab, suppression, and objectification. In this 1st post, I discuss the hijab as a defense against sexual objectification. In the 2nd post, I will discuss when, where, how, and whether women freely choose the hijab in the most radically agential …

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Gender

What it is like to be a Muslim woman

…and why we know what freedom is. For Part Two of this, see here. For a defense and rationale of the title ‘What it is like to be a Muslim woman’, see here. For more from the ‘what it is like to…’ series see here and here. ~.~ I have keys. …

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