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Islamic Feminism, Body Autonomy and Spiritual Liberation

Women’s bodies are the preferred territory in which religious oppression becomes cruelly evident. Misogynist narratives in religions are always addressed to them: decency, honor, virtue, holiness, dis...

The Western crusade to rescue Muslim women has reduced them to a simplistic stereotype

Every time I see a piece such as this - which calls for a healthy critique of the very western perspective that we need to "save" Muslim women - I reblog it. It's important stuff. The linked piece dis...

“Consent is not for Irish women: once a person in Ireland becomes pregnant, their right to refuse or…”

Consent is not for Irish women: once a person in Ireland becomes pregnant, their right to refuse or to choose medical treatment is null and void. Self-determination is not for Irish women: once a pers...

Dear Feminists: I’m One of You! Please Don’t “Save” Me

As feminism becomes more mainstream, there’s been a great deal of discourse online regarding different cultural perspectives for various feminist issues. The more I read through these discussions, the...

Iranian women and the hijab, the persistent stereotype

Power of A Cliche from Haleh Anvari on Vimeo. Found on theguardian.com. Amazing narrative.

“Or You Could Ask Us”: On Talking Over Muslim Women

The silencing and total lack of engagement in regards to Muslim women is dangerous. Under the false pretense of concern, time and time again I see my reality be dissected. It’s true, there are Muslim ...

Muslim feminists reclaim the hijab to fight the patriarchy

Important piece about the dangers of imposing western understandings of the hijab (that it is oppressive, patriarchal, coercive etc.) on Muslim women many of whom choose to wear the hijab for a variet...

Research: Honor killings condoned by third of teens in Amman, Jordan

Emphasis added: Almost half of boys and one in five girls in Jordan's capital city, Amman, believe that killing a woman who has "dishonored," or shamed, her family is justifiable, a study of teenager...

While Ireland may no longer be such a harsh place for unmarried pregnant women, the stigma persists

Agnes always assumed that her mother would be supportive if she got pregnant, but just as she was working up the courage to break the news, her father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now there i...

Today in terrifying: How Scientologists Are Sneaking Their Way into Schools to Spread Their Propaganda

Not sure which scares me the most: Scientologists or flesh-eating snake-rat-mice-spiders. By its own estimate, Foundation for a Drug Free World, an education non-profit, has visited at least 20 perce...

Why Being a Muslim Woman Makes Me a Better Feminist

Really important piece below on being Muslim, wearing a hijab and being a feminist, and how Muslim women's experiences are often very misunderstood by western feminism. For many, it seems that the wo...

‘Hobby Lobby’ Is Just the Beginning: A Flood of Corporate Religious Objections Is Coming

In order to find corporations can exercise religious beliefs, Alito must conflate two very different scenarios. The first involves cases where the legal interests of employers and employees are largel...

‘Hobby Lobby’ Is Part of a Greater War on Contraception

Emphasis added. On rhrealitycheck: Hobby Lobby’s complaint in the case that the Supreme Court decided on Monday morning is that the company and its founders don’t think Hobby Lobby employees should b...

Feminism and Fundamentalism: Two Sides of the Same Coin

On theamericanconservative.com: Feminism and fundamentalism have at last, if unwittingly, converged on a significant social issue: the hyper-sexualization of women. At face value, the arguments are di...

Today in misogyny: Purity Culture, and Male Entitlement to Women’s Bodies

And it is precisely this attitude of entitlement that the modern evangelical church deems holy and good. Purity culture is a function of the larger culture of male entitlement. In many ways, purity...

I may be excommunicated from my church for asking for equal rights

Women aren't allowed to be ordained as priests in the Mormon faith. Because I created a movement to advocate for ordination and equality, I've been ordered not to pray aloud. Punishment by silencing ...

If shame has gone, why do we use secret abortions in England to preserve the myth of holy Ireland?

‘Most “fallen” women knew well enough that they were expected to create a narrative of disappearance, usually one that involved the boat to Holyhead.’ Photograph: HJ Allen/Evening Standard/Get...

The Hidden Curriculum in Evangelism: Patriarchy

This isn't an issue that I've read a great deal about. Certainly in Britain (and perhaps the rest of Europe), there is not a lot of evangelism on campus. Below is a guest post on feminismandreligion.c...