Every time someone asked me, ‘Are you a feminist?’ and I replied, ‘Yes, I am,’ they would instantly question me: ‘But how, aren’t you a Muslim?’ All the while, they were eyeing my hijab, probably imagining how it was thrust upon me each morning. How could I know what feminism was if I subscribed to a faith that they believed oppressed women? How could I be a feminist? Feminism for White and mainstream feminists has been about many things, be that #freethenipple, period poverty, the freedom to wear revealing clothing, the freedom not to wear high heels to work, shared parental leave or the
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