The Burqa Experience: Getting Groceries

February 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
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by Calulu January 13th, 2013 – Culpeper, Virginia Today I decided to venture out to my local favorite grocery store wearing a hijab. I’ve not gotten brave enough to wear one of my abayas along with a hijab, niqab or burqa yet. Based on the reaction

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Beyonce in the Hands of Jesus Freaks

February 10, 2013 By 3 Comments
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by The Crunk Feminist Collective (Editor’s note: Cross-posted from the CFC site.  Posting it here because it brings up another dangerous theme in Patriarchal Christianity – racism.  Some of the other Patheos bloggers called out their commenters and others on this subtle and not-so-subtle racism that seems to be flourishing in the Fundamentalists, Evangelicals and [...]

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