tag: religion (feimineach)

#patriarchiesrealign: women aren’t special: the insidious nature of benevolent sexism – @rolereboot

June 8, 2017

A friend of mine recently shared a Vox article written by a self-proclaimed progressive dude titled, “Democrats should start accepting pro-life liberals like me” (spoiler, he’s really pro-choice). While the piece has its points, one line in particular didn’t sit well with me. The author, in an attempt to prove his progressive cred, begins listing the values that make him […]

#maleficentmisogyny: Bikini Season. Sarah Kiefer on @FemReligion

May 25, 2017

When I was about thirteen I went to a conference with the rest of the girls in youth group. It was a “modesty conference” geared at teaching young women the “biblical” truth of their role as a female and how that translates into how one dresses. We were taught that we are responsible for the relationship between our brothers in […]

#womenslives: If you want to know about Muslim women’s rights, ask Muslim women

May 17, 2017

Islam’s patriarchy and western feminism have said a lot. Now Muslim women who fight sexism (yes we exist) must be heard Within minutes of arriving to collect my professionally bound thesis, I found myself on the receiving end of an unsolicited and impenetrable rant about female genital mutilation. It’s uncanny how often people try to demonstrate their concern about the […]

#research: Veiled lives? Muslim women, headscarves, and manufacturing Islam – @girlwpen

March 27, 2017

“Much of the sociological research on veiling in the United States, amongst converts and born-Muslims alike, imagines veiling largely as an individual choice. My own data suggested a more complicated process. From the women I interviewed and in my observations at the mosque I found that women in the process of converting were constantly being taught – through religious classes […]

#todayin: religion: feminists should be graceful (and they’re not, apparently)

February 6, 2017

First up: The graceful feminism of Mary Tyler Moore (National Catholic Register) The show’s character, Mary Richards, was a 30-year old career woman at a Minneapolis TV news station. She hoped for marriage but wasn’t going to stop living in the meantime. Moore conducted herself gracefully and firmly, never resorting to anger or insults, but not afraid to speak up. […]

#vivelafeminism: “I am marching because I am a mother, I am a sister, I am a daughter…” #WhyWeMarch #WhyIMarch #WomensMarch

January 31, 2017

“I am marching because I am a mother, I am a sister, I am a daughter, I am a wife, and I am a survivor. That’s what I am saying if anyone asks me,” I told her. […] The decision to march was not a partisan one, it was a moral one, and it was a spiritual one. If I […]

#vivelafeminism: #womenslives: being a muslim feminist

December 20, 2016

My lecturer, once, singled me out in class as being “oppressed” when there was a discussion about how people view things differently. At that time, I was surprised. Admittedly, I was sporting a baggy shirt with a scarf that covered my hair, but I still felt very uncomfortable to have been categorized as the odd one out just because of […]

#research: Talk of “women’s emancipation in communities where they are being held back by regressive cultural practices

December 6, 2016

Talk of “women’s emancipation in communities where they are being held back by regressive cultural practices” is merely a synonym for “Muslim women need saving”. Yes, patriarchy is indeed a problem within the Muslim community, but it is by no means exceptional. On the one hand, Muslim women are required to do more to integrate, and on the other we’re […]

#vivelafeminism: “Discourse on feminism in Muslim-world largely revolved around women’s rights compatibility with Islam” – @_DinaYazdani

November 24, 2016

Historically, agency of women is egregiously reduced in a time of war. Even in stable countries like Tunisia and Egypt, women pursuing the advancement and codification of their political, social and economic rights are hindered by deeply conservative societies and dominant Islamist political parties. Unless these realities change, will women eventually hit a ceiling in their pursuit of equality? FEMINISM […]

#todayin: who would have thunk it! women rare in positions of religious leadership

April 12, 2016

Not rocket science. But always worth a highlight. From @pewresearch: While many large religious organizations in the United States allow women to be ordained – and to hold leadership positions within the organization – few women have actually served at the very top. We looked at nine major religious organizations in the U.S. that both ordain women and allow them […]

#womenslives: Nepal’s bleeding shame: menstruating women banished to cattle sheds

April 1, 2016

Posted without comment. (OK, one comment: god in heaven!) From guardian.com (emphasis added): For five consecutive days each month, Sofalta Rokaya leaves the bed in her home in western Nepal to sleep among her family’s cows. The stone shed they share is dark and filthy, freezing in the winter and sweltering in the summer, and littered with hay, muck, insects […]

#research: Women more religiously devout than men, new study finds…

March 23, 2016

#research: Women more religiously devout than men, new study finds… … despite still being excluded from positions of power, influence and leadership in most (all?) religions/ faiths. On the Guardian (emphasis added): Women are more religiously devout than men even though they are excluded from positions of leadership in many faiths and denominations, a new study has found. According to […]

#todayin: erasure of women: the rebel virgins and desert mothers who have been written out of Christianity’s early history

January 31, 2016

Now, here’s some good Sunday reading if ever there was any. Now, whether you buy any of Christianity or not is irrelevant here – think instead of the perspectives of those who do. I. FROM SILK ROBES TO HAIRSHIRTSWhen Jerome, the Catholic priest and scholar, arrived in Rome in the middle of the fourth century, he discovered a circle of […]

#saturdaysatire: Pope Francis Forgives Women for Having Periods

November 14, 2015

In an act of unprecedented grace, Pope Francis has announced that the Catholic Church will allow priests to forgive women who have committed the “original sin” of menstruation. “It is important, in this Year of Mercy, for the Church to show compassion toward all members of society,” said Pope Francis, after the Synod on Girl Stuff concluded late last week. […]

#vivelafeminism: Yes we should debate, but also celebrate, Islamic feminism

November 10, 2015

A few weeks ago I was drawn to the launch of a new project by the group Maslaha on the topic of Islam and Feminism. Maslaha, which means ‘for the common good’ in Arabic, is a social enterprise that strives to bridge the gulf of misunderstanding that exists between non-Muslims and Muslims so that, instead of current negative stereotypes, Islam […]

#saturdaysatire: Heartwarming Moment 78-Year-Old Celibate Man Forgives Women He’s Never Met

September 12, 2015

God bless him (pun totally intended and make no mistake). THIS 78-Year-Old man totally won the internet yesterday with this amazing gesture. Get the tissues ready, it’s a tearjerker. This celibate man named Pope Francis, somehow found the empathy to declare that he wouldn’t want to condemn women he’s never met to a hellish inferno for all eternity even though […]

#womenslives: Hanna Yusuf asks why a simple piece of clothing is seen as the very epitome of oppression

June 24, 2015

https://embed.theguardian.com/embed/video/commentisfree/video/2015/jun/24/hijab-not-oppression-feminist-statement-video Hanna Yusuf asks why a simple piece of clothing is seen as the very epitome of oppression. She says many women find empowerment in rejecting the idea that women can be reduced to their sexual allure – and we should not assume that every women who wears the hijab has been forced into it. From the guardian. (Excerpt etc. […]

#research: Teens are fleeing religion like never before: Massive new study exposes religion’s decline

May 28, 2015

Religion is rapidly losing the youngest generation of Americans, according to new research. America’s rising generation of adults are the least religiously observant of any generation in six decades, determined an expansive study led by Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State. “Unlike previous studies, ours is able to show that millennials’ lower religious involvement is due to […]

#womensstories: these Muslim women are not like those Muslim women, Hajjaj’s images say

May 21, 2015

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#womenSstories: these Muslim women are not like those Muslim women, Hajjaj’s images say. The opening scenes of Karima: A Day In The Life of a Henna Girl feature close-ups of her beautiful henna’d hands. We see the face of the girl in question only after we’ve seen her pull a red-and-white striped djellaba over her head, after she’s pulled on […]

#womenslives: My unveiling ceremony

April 11, 2015

My unveiling ceremony (NYtimes) CAIRO — I wore the hijab — a form of dress that comprises a head scarf and usually also clothing that covers the whole body except for the face and hands — for nine years. Put more honestly: I wore the hijab for nine years and spent eight of them trying to take it off. I […]

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