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...read moreThe Death of a Model Reveals a Nasty Side of China’s Modeling Industry
Whenever someone meets a violent death, it is unsettling. But this story has several frightening elements to it besides the death. Not only was Diana O’Brien followed home, robbed, and then murdered when she fought back, but according to the new story: “The slaying embarrassed police, who waited two days after O’Brien’s body was found [...]
...read morePatti Smith: “A rockin’ American messenger of ‘peace and love’”
Photo and story via the L.A. Times blog Babylon & Beyond: This time, the U.S. envoy to Lebanon was not a politician or a security official but a messenger of “peace and love” straight from the world of American rock. Coming to Lebanon to sing for the “regeneration” of the city of Beirut and to [...]
...read moreThe Naked Truth: Security vs. Privacy
NPR covered a story about security in Baghdad’s Green Zone, which centered specifically on one woman’s protest against the type of body scanning used: it doesn’t see hair or clothing, but sees the body, (I’m assuming metal) jewelry, and any prospective weapons. The body is rendered essentially naked (pictured here; picture from NPR). Farah al-Jaberi’s [...]
...read moreCommence With the Jokes
This past weekend, Comedy Central ran a “Superstar Standup Blowout” for the Fourth of July, running stand up comedy specials all weekend. Readers, I love a good laugh, and I love good stand up, so I spent a fair amount of time in front of the TV this weekend. As the hours passed, I kept [...]
...read moreThe Elephant in the Feminist Classroom
There are plenty of elephants in feminist classrooms, as we’re all aware. As a woman of color, there have been times when I was one of those elephants. White, middle-class feminism’s overlooking of race, class, queer identities, ability…this leads to a classroom full of elephants that many students and instructors are unable to see or [...]
...read moreA Review of The Veil Anthology
Full disclosure: I interviewed editor Jennifer Heath about this book for Bitch’s upcoming issue. The review below also appeared on my blog. Jennifer Heath published The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam in 2004. And I loved it. It profiled strong, intelligent women in Islam’s history, including the women of the Prophet’s life, [...]
...read moreKaty Perry Plays Make Believe
Katy Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl” has been in my head a lot lately. Not just because it’s catchy, not just because there’s something I like about the song, but also because the song has been bugging me. On the surface, Perry’s song seems to be acknowledging and condoning alternate female sexualities, as well as [...]
...read moreIntroduction
Before I introduce myself, I’d like to thank Feministe for giving me the opportunity to blog here. My name is Fatemeh Fakhraie, and I’m the founder and editor-in-chief of Muslimah Media Watch, which analyzes and critiques images of Muslim women that appear in the media. I also write for Racialicious. Both of these sites have [...]
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