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aishah · 07-20-2012, 11:55 AM

today i am pissed off about...

cismen, even men in supposedly progressive muslim communities, thinking they are entitled to opinions about how muslim women dress and whether our dress is islamic/modest/permissible/okay. and generally taking up a LOT of space in conversations about dress. with no apparent awareness of how fucked up and misogynist their entitlement is.

and then needing to point out that "gender apartheid hurts men too." NO FUCKING SHIT. but men have more institutional power and ability to confront other men about that than women do. so, no, i'm not going to devote all my limited energy to addressing/fixing how much it hurts your entitled ass.

an older white cismale photographer turning frida kahlo into softcore porn by piecing together images of her body with nude images of other white women and women of color. these images (one in particular) have been passed all over facebook, tumblr, and elsewhere. i have seen people point out, rarely, that they are photoshopped. i have seen them lauded as revolutionary and artistic. i have not seen anybody point out how FUCKED UP THIS SHIT IS.

I AM SO FUCKING MAD ABOUT THIS SHIT.

what is fucking revolutionary and artistic about an old white dude appropriating and exploiting the bodies of women of color? old white men have been cutting apart the bodies of women of color for centuries. old white men have been objectifying, exploiting, and eroticizing the bodies of women of color for centuries. now just cause some dude does it in the name of art that makes it okay? NO. FUCKING. WAY.

i have not been this angry in awhile. i don't understand why i'm apparently the only one getting pissed off about this. or why people around me think it's unreasonable that this makes me angry. i am seriously vibrating with rage right now.

07-20-2012, 11:55 AM	#753
aishah Member How Do You Identify?: queer stone femme shark baby girl Preferred Pronoun?: she, her, little one Relationship Status: dating myself. Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: dallas, tx Posts: 1,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,823 Thanked 6,442 Times in 1,288 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	today i am pissed off about... cismen, even men in supposedly progressive muslim communities, thinking they are entitled to opinions about how muslim women dress and whether our dress is islamic/modest/permissible/okay. and generally taking up a LOT of space in conversations about dress. with no apparent awareness of how fucked up and misogynist their entitlement is. and then needing to point out that "gender apartheid hurts men too." NO FUCKING SHIT. but men have more institutional power and ability to confront other men about that than women do. so, no, i'm not going to devote all my limited energy to addressing/fixing how much it hurts your entitled ass. an older white cismale photographer turning frida kahlo into softcore porn by piecing together images of her body with nude images of other white women and women of color. these images (one in particular) have been passed all over facebook, tumblr, and elsewhere. i have seen people point out, rarely, that they are photoshopped. i have seen them lauded as revolutionary and artistic. i have not seen anybody point out how FUCKED UP THIS SHIT IS. I AM SO FUCKING MAD ABOUT THIS SHIT. what is fucking revolutionary and artistic about an old white dude appropriating and exploiting the bodies of women of color? old white men have been cutting apart the bodies of women of color for centuries. old white men have been objectifying, exploiting, and eroticizing the bodies of women of color for centuries. now just cause some dude does it in the name of art that makes it okay? NO. FUCKING. WAY. i have not been this angry in awhile. i don't understand why i'm apparently the only one getting pissed off about this. or why people around me think it's unreasonable that this makes me angry. i am seriously vibrating with rage right now.