New Essay:
Too Loud, Swears Too Much, Goes Too Far
The emancipatory power of We Are Lady Parts
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Too Loud, Swears Too Much, Goes Too Far
The emancipatory power of We Are Lady Parts
feministgiant.com/p/too-loud-swe… #WeAreLadyParts
Men--and white people-- are thankfully incidental to We Are Lady Parts. They are the supporting cast--eye candy, lovers or husbands, irritants or racists.
And what a relief Too often, we are not heard above the noise our men and white people make--noise they make often about us.
And too often, we exhaust our voices defending our men from what white people say about them.
And too often, we exhaust our voices defending our men from what white people say about them.
Muslim women are caught between a rock – an Islamophobic, racist and misogynistic right wing – and a hard place – misogynists in our Muslim communities. Neither the rock nor the hard place give a flying fuck about Muslim women.
They are more concerned with each other.
They are more concerned with each other.
We Are Lady Parts has jumped off that see-saw altogether.
It refuses to play with either side. It has jumped into a space of its own creation and it is from that place that it beckons to us, promising liberation.
feministgiant.com/p/too-loud-swe… #WeAreLadyParts
It refuses to play with either side. It has jumped into a space of its own creation and it is from that place that it beckons to us, promising liberation.
feministgiant.com/p/too-loud-swe… #WeAreLadyParts
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“Speak, for your two lips are free/...Speak, whatever must be said.”
This for me is the emotional core of the show: Saira, vocalist of We Are Lady Parts, reciting Speak by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
This for me is the emotional core of the show: Saira, vocalist of We Are Lady Parts, reciting Speak by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
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