I’m done being scared. If I don’t take ownership of my body, my religion, my headscarf and my sexuality, then I’m telling the bigots they have won. I’m done giving power to racists and White Feminists who want to dictate how Muslim women should dress. I’m done engaging in conversation with people who don’t understand that human beings are complex. That I can wear a hijab and a dress. That I can be queer and Muslim. That I can exist.
