Looks like someone over at Gawker was all set for this:
Who said that everyone involved is female, must less a mother?
Person with reading comprehension skills here:
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Can this be followed with a gif of the guy awkwardly sidestepping out of the shot during the commercial break?
what you say makes sense, but look at how you're framing it. why not just speak against FGM or honor killings? why even bring islam into it? would it surprise you to find out that in orthodox islam there is literally NO INJUNCTION AT ALL to circumcise girls, much less mutilate their genitals? that in shari'ah law…
I find it hilarious that so many people seem to be conflating two very different ideas:
Why don't you and Clarity_K et al. please tell us all more about how all of us Muslim women are automatically born as second class citizens, are automatically treated like garbage and automatically have no choice in their lives
Please enlighten us on how ignorant we Muslim FEMINISTS are for arguing that our religion…
Muslim feminists should be the leaders of their own movement, not well meaning Western women who insist they what's best.
No one is saying those things are good, but what I do think we as western women need to do is listen first and that step always seems to get skipped. Maybe they do want help dealing with those forms of oppression. Maybe they have already figured out how to deal with those specific issues, and want help with something…
The problem isn't with Islam, it's with culture. Like most religions, you can interpret things differently then someone else. Yes, Morocco has problems with equality, sexual harassment, and an importance on women being virgins.
You know Uganda is about 90% Christian, right?
Also that gay death penalty law was written by White American evangelicals, who brought the legislation to Uganda, along with lots of campaign contributions (and outright bribes) to Ugandan politicians.
There are many of us out here, all of us dealing with people like you telling us we're not doing enough while denigrating the things we are doing. I generally like and agree with your comments, but on this you are dead wrong. The problem isn't that WOC and POC aren't contributing to the diaspora or aware of the…
All races being called the n-word just makes it personally reprehensible to everyone.