I usually prefer to stay away from mainpage articles (and since the site redevelopment can't post my own posts - i.e. not replies - in groupthink any longer) so I'm not particularly active here at the moment, but academically I love this subject and am having to hold myself back from writing you all twenty essays on…

If you’re interested in reading further about the issue of the Islamic veil in France then may I recommend Herman Salton? Much of his academic career has focused on this issue and I’ve really loved his take on it when I’ve had the chance to hear him speak on it. He raises especially interesting points about…

Yeah, I had the exact same reaction. The world needs more cool fantasy novels with (hopefully!) strong female protagonists, so I've my fingers crossed for this series. What it doesn't need is to market them as GoT-lite for us poor delicate maidens.

This is a really interesting point that I wasn't aware of, thank you for sharing!