Welcome to Litsy!

fucking magic quote: “I don‘t need to rely on Germaine Greer or a secular model in order to reclaim my dignity as a woman.”
I wish I could (atheist-)high five whoever said this :D

Patriarchal power structures even within religious organizations which will often mean sexism biases inherent (naturally, this is a generalization).

The ‘double-bind of performativity‘ which isn‘t unique to Muslim women.

bell hooks interviewed Ice Cube! a summary of an instance of the ‘double bind‘ (NB. capitalism & patriarchy is often the enemy…)

Some amazing opinions on challenging stasis in thinking, and in action. I‘m starting to learn how deeply philosophical Islam can be and how the West seems bent on ignoring this.
(I say this as a largely content atheist, queer woman of colour, brought up Roman Catholic)

Serious about intersectional feminism? Some difficult things to consider about Western feminism models and ideals...

THIS! re. being a child of migrants and being brought up Catholic (at choice of mother).

I‘m just over 20 pages in and already learning so much, and it‘s so well-written for a broader, non-academic audience. Sounds like Islam has a long tradition of wanting and striving for equality!

This is an academic work but is accessible to an interested non-academic reader. The writing is clear and there is an absence of academic lingo. If you have an interest in; Islam, faith, gender, activism, scripture, colonialism and/or feminism, you should read this text.

#amreading

It's uncanny how often people will try to demonstrate their concern over alleged oppression of Muslim women by humiliating them.

Yesterday's #bookhaul. I've not had a #bookstoreaccident for quite a number of weeks (my lack of restraint when it comes to ebooks shall not be acknowledged), so was quite happy to find some stuff I wanted physical copies of. 🎉

I have a lot of time for Susan Carland- she's so smart and speaks beautifully. I just learned that this book is out on Monday!!! I'm so there. (Not literally there - if you're in Sydney that's where the launch is happening 😊)