Ayesha Siddiqi: 'We need to stop waiting for permission to write'

In our series interviewing women who write on the web and shape its discussions, we speak to Ayesha Siddiqi, the editor in chief of the New Inquiry

Ayesha Siddiqi spurs conversations across the internet. Whether she’s working in her capacity as editor in chief of the New Inquiry, an online magazine, or tweeting about the ethics of pledging allegiance, Ayesha plays an important role in advocating for the work of anti-oppression and anti-racism.

I spoke with Ayesha not about only about Twitter and love of Kanye West, but how her Muslim identity informs her framework for justice and how she brings her values to the New Inquiry.

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