Stupid Foreigners - also tbqh if you want to talk about the oppression of muslim women, why is the first thing you always mention the fucking burqa

Stupid Foreigners

Originally a blog for my 'bewildering' experiences as an international, it has since evolved into... something else. Though not entirely. The point is, when I say 'stupid foreigner', I only sometimes mean myself.

For the curious: left home (Philippines) for two and a half years in Italia (there was a time when I snobbily thought I was abbastanza Milanese); then went on to college in the grand ole US of A (East Coast). Currently I go back and forth between Rhode Island and Manila.

also tbqh if you want to talk about the oppression of muslim women, why is the first thing you always mention the fucking burqa

weexist-weresist:

like shit even if you do believe muslim women are universally oppressed then you should talk about bigger issues than something like they cant show their fucking faces

>the misogyny of traditional patriarchial muslim cultures expressed as nation-state policies (saudi arabia, women not being able to get divorced in some countries, etc)

>the misogyny of sharia (sorry i dont buy into sharia at ALL), in particular with the rape laws

>forced pregnancy and marriages

>etc

if youre going to be a douche you could at least be an effective one??

(the reason you dont talk about this is because these things are not unique to muslim society; it just underlines the racial terms on which the burqa debate is *always* engaged)

(Source: of-praxis)