By ShannonThe general public was underwhelmed to hear that racism is still rampant in America and that this time it was being delivered to us via drunken frat boys. Frankly, racism ceases to shock me anymore, but what does shock me is the sheer lack of originality behind it. Come on, guys. Go big or go…
By sobiamasoodIt’s the end of March. You know what this means. We can all begin to bust out of our winter gear, and enjoy the outdoor weather because SPRING IS HERE. Local retailers are filling their stores with the cutest spring/summer pieces, so it’s time to start working on that spring/summer wardrobe! These are some of…
By #MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Another week, another set of headlines. Here we go again. Week of 3/15/2015: A Canadian backbencher, Larry Miller, apologizes for telling niqab-wearing Muslim women to, and we quote, “stay the hell where they come…
By Hira UddinAfter watching India’s Daughter, a BBC documentary based on the Delhi gang rape of a 23-year-old woman, I am struggling to contain feelings of debilitating disappointment and bitter frustration. The gruesome details of this disgusting act perpetrated by at least five men and one juvenile have caused some women to retreat into their own shadows. Perhaps that…
By MG StaffAccording to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 12,751 people have been tortured to death by Bashar al-Assad’s regime since 2011. Photographs depicting the bodies of those tortured and killed by the regime were smuggled out of Syria by “Caesar”, an anonymous ex-military photographer who defected and fled the country, as he was unable to…
By Sajida HydoubIn light of recent events of the exposé of racist behavior by the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter in Oklahoma University, dialogues about the widespread racism in the greek system are being demanded. Usually when white and/or affluent students act up, universities tend to play dumb and release superficial statements about how they “do not condone”…
By Zeena MubarakCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently decided that he is the spokesman for the rights and feelings of Muslim women. He proclaimed that the niqab, the face covering that some Muslim women choose to wear, is anti-Canadian, part of a fundamentally oppressive culture, and actually offensive to Canadians. “Why would Canadians, contrary to our own…
By ShannonIn my sphere of the world, there are a lot of debates on the strides being made by women in the hip hop industry and how severely women are underrepresented. Unfortunately, when women finally do make it to the top, their lyrics are no better than what’s being pumped out by men. It’s all about…
By MG StaffIn 1948, at only a month old, Rasmea Odeh fled with her family from their home in Lifta, a village outside Jerusalem, during the Nakba, a time during which Israeli forces ethnically cleansed, displaced, and expelled thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land. Later Odeh settled in Lebanon to pursue a degree. She was…
By #MuslimGirlProbs is our weekly link roundup of headlines, stories, events, and situations that make us want to rip our hijabs off. Brace yourselves. Here’s this week’s roundup with a side of stupidity, racism, abuse, and ignorance. Enjoy. Week of 3/08/15: Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, announces that the niqab is “rooted in a culture that…
By ShannonThis bit of information might come as a shock to some people, but I’m going to lay it on you anyway: pads and tampons are freaking expensive. So when you get them, it would make sense that you don’t waste them and use them to do ridiculous things like post feminist messages in the street….
By Sara MaherYour face goes through a lot, and it’s important to take care of it at the end of each day! If you’re a makeup enthusiast like me, your skin especially needs to be tended to at night. As fun as makeup is to apply, it suffocates your skin, digging into your pores. Exfoliating and moisturizing…
By Guest BloggerMy sisters: this is for you. This is for each of you, my sisters. This is for every woman who suffered at the hands of a universal patriarchal culture. Today is for every woman who ever had to disguise herself as a man when feeling unsafe; for every woman who ever wore an oversized hoodie…
By MG StaffThe world is at a crossroads once again. Although we have made giant strides in medicine, transportation, communication, and energy, many problems still remain unresolved. Illiteracy, starvation, child abuse, misogynistic violence, and disease still afflict large sections of populations in Asia, Africa, and underprivileged regions. The greatest problem of them all, one that provides structure…
By Zeena MubarakThe Huffington Post recently published the disturbing account of Craig Monteilh and the time he spent as an FBI informant in a mosque. Although the article details many injustices committed against the Muslims in the mosque, the Huffington Post decided to run the story with the headline: “Former FBI Informant Craig Monteilh: FBI Encouraged Me…
