The Burqa Experience: Into The Countryside

February 17, 2013 By 2 Comments
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by Calulu Madison, Virginia  – January 18, 2013 Have to admit, I was more than just a little bit nervous going into Madison wearing hijab. This is a town way out in the country, where keeping track of your neighbors business wasn’t a hobby, it was a profession. Just being from out

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Objects Don’t Have Sex

February 7, 2013 By 19 Comments
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by Sarah Over The Moon I didn’t watch the Superbowl, this year (or…any year) but conversations about Beyoncé’s halftime show caught my eye. On one hand, many felt that Beyoncé’s display of all-women power and sexuality was inspiring

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The Burqa Experience: Collinsville, Alabama – Purposely Veiling For the First Time

February 1, 2013 By 4 Comments
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by Calulu Today is World Hijab Day. This is how the BBC describes the purpose of Non-Muslim ladies veiling for today. World Hijab Day is designed to counteract these controversies. It encourages non-Muslim women (or even Muslim women who do not ordinarily wear one) to don the hijab and experience what it’s like to do [...]

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The Burqa Experience: Bessemer, Alabama – The Accidental Start of the Project

January 28, 2013 By 6 Comments
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by Calulu Bessemer Alabama – The Accidental Start of the Project This holiday season I’d been traveling around the southern part of the US to see various family and friends. Our travels took me from Texas through Virginia, going through many of the southern states. Initially I thought I would start

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Are you part of the pants, pants revolution?

January 13, 2013 By 3 Comments
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by Sierra 2012-13 is the Winter of the Pants. Will you join the party? On December 16, 2012, Mormon feminists declared Wear Pants to Church Day, inviting participants to, well, wear pants to church, ‘in solidarity with those of us who seek gender equality everywhere, including the LDS church. And when

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