June 2012
215 posts
I'm sick of so-called feminists who try to talk...
I’m sick of it. I’m absolutely sick and tired of seeing Muslim women being hurt by these feminists who claim that they are helping them.
You are not helping them. You are perpetuating internalized misogyny by fighting against the very women you want to assist. Your white-savior complex has been here for years, and it’s put under the guise of criticism of Islam when many Muslim...
It's cute that there are people who love, and...
atheistme:
And the minute I say 1 thing about islam I am an islamophobic racist. Who hates brown people.
Islam doesn’t get special treatment.
Yes, the middle east (where most of the oppression takes place, at least from a media standpoint) only makes up 20% of the people who practice the religion. This is a legitimate, well known statistic.. I’m not really sure why I’m getting flack for that....
Oppressed Muslimah Trope and Atheistme
browngloriasteinem:
http://atheistme.tumblr.com/
so apparently she blocked me. So I’m going to type my fucking arguments here. NHF islamaphobic idiots who can’t back their shit up.
firstly check out an article called “muslim women don’t believe they are oppressed”. Secondly “It’s unacceptable for Dawkins to make sweeping statements like this because he attaches loaded terms like “female...
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I. Am. Not. An. Arab.
I’m Iranian, and unless a person has some sort of deathwish, they would never even consider calling me one. Calling an Iranian an Arab is the equivalent of calling a Japanese person Chinese.
(Submitted by it-s-zen-ish)
Mehreen here. Thank you for the submission; It’s important. It’s often happened to me (but I’m Pakistani) and it’s annoying. Especially so when...
On Bullying, Beauty Standards and "Brown Girl...
musafeer:
You know, what the fashion industry dictates as standards of beauty are obviously unrealistic, destructive concepts for women. They create a state of perpetual inferiority complexes due to one’s most natural physical attributes such as enlarged pores, blemishes, dull hair, skin color, fat, cellulite, and hair on our faces and bodies.
It leaves women to strive for a standard of beauty...
Anonymous asked: I LOVE YOU GUYS! this blog is full of win!
Anonymous asked: I'm a white lesbian coasting on my privilege in New England. My girlfriend/fiance, is an Iranian Muslim. What are we most often asked? Why does she still wear a hijab, and why is she still a practicing member of her faith. We're both bothered by this. Please tell me how to better oppress my fiance as to not offend the other white women's delicate sensibilities. It makes book club...
