Odd and Ends

strawberreli:

akitron:

faineemae:

agonyoftheleaves:

orientalismisalive:

niqabsandkitaabs:

Kitaabgasm.

“Book covers promote Orientalist portrayal of Muslim women”

http://www.arabglot.com/2011/05/book-covers-promote-orientalist.html (via @arablit)

Head covering? Check. Dark kohl? Check. Narrowed gaze of defiance? Check. Juxtaposed with a helpless look too? Check. Tasteless veil pun for the dozenth time? Check.

Wonderful. Now you know all you need to about Muslim women. Here’s your oriental cookie.

every time i see a spread like this i cringe.

‘there is no racism in the book world’, my ass.

Damn, this showed up again on my dash, I guess I have to post these again.

sup

^^you guys are amazing

strawberreli:

sllw:

thegoddamazon:

fearandwar:

wemadelove:

” A muslim woman protesting the burka. in some countries, muslim women are raped and beaten for showing even their noses and mouths. in some places, they get their hands chopped off for showing their wrists, or looking at a man.this picture is so inspiring and outrageous in the best way possible, and it makes me so so happy. wow is all i have to say. stand up for your human rights. “

Reblogging this for me to save.

Reblogging this because this is not a Muslim woman protesting a burka. This is a culturally insensitive festival done in Spain.

Thank. You. Every time I see this pop up on my dash with some bs liberal white praise I puke in my mouth a little.

Exactly. This makes me sick.

Reblogging because I didn’t know this was a festival, not a protest. :( That definitely changes the tone of the picture…and honestly makes it really weird for me. It just seems like an odd way to disrespect an entire culture and then makes it unfortunate that it’s misrepresented as a protest against women being forced to wear the burka. I’m pretty sure I reblogged this as a protest photo…so fixing it—sorry for my ignorance.

strawberreli:

dmanmarx:

proteanbeing:

New rule: Everybody get’s to wear whatever the fuck they want to.

Seconded.

This kind of strikes a lot of fear into me. Mostly because growing up, my father would beat us if we pulled off our sister’s hijabs. It was stressed to the utmost that it was equivalent to pulling down her pants, and that we were never allowed to touch it, not even if they were wearing it at home and no one would see if we tugged it off.

Many Muslimahs I know have confided in me that they fear that people who discriminate against Muslims might harass them if they wear the hijab, to the point where they tug it off. I myself have this fear when I present feminine. It’s unsettling. 

This is the morning of reblogging shit I had not thought about.

I am not Muslim and honestly it never occurred to me that women who wear the hijab would be afraid of having it pulled off of them by someone who objects to their beliefs. Probably because I don’t think it would ever occur to me to violate another persons space and tear off their clothes. That’s just well, violating.

I have my own fears when interacting with people who object to me and my beliefs and I’m sorry that anyone has to have a legit fear of their own clothes being pulled off by another person.

So reblogging this for anyone else who might not have thought of this.