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MMW Roundtable: Responding to Randa Jarrar’s “Why I Can’t Stand White Bellydancers”


Posted by azra on 11 Mar 2014 / 82 Comments
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Last week, Salon published Randa Jarrar’s “Why I Can’t Stand White Bellydancers” as part of their “feminists of color” series curated by Roxane Gay. The response to her post has been overwhelming, including responses from dudes at the Washington Post and The Atlantic to G. Willow Wilson’s response at her blog. We’ve been exchanging emails […]

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Right Answer, Wrong Reason: Why “Muslim” Is Not A Halloween Costume


Posted by Krista Riley on 03 Nov 2010 / 0 Comments
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Just in time for Halloween, the Toronto Star‘s ethics columnist, Ken Gallinger (whose columns I enjoy), received a question from a parent: We are a Christian family. Our daughter, 7, goes to a school where there are many Muslim kids. Some of their moms walk them to school in burqas. My daughter is fascinated by these […]

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