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My Subversive Little Girl in Blue


Posted by syahirah on 11 Sep 2014 / 0 Comments
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I’ve always been fascinated by how certain symbols function as gender markers in the societies I’ve known. Little hijabs for little girls is one example, while a non-Muslim friend of mine dresses her also sparsely coiffed infant in frilly pink dresses because people keep thinking she’s a little boy. It can be so uncomfortable for […]

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