06 November 2013

Nine uses for a burqa … that don't involve bashing them

Yes, the burqa-bashing season is upon us yet again. The latest catalyst is a terror suspect-turned-transvestite who entered a London mosque in "western clothing" and popped out later in his burqa day-suit, fleeing security services and evading cameras.

[A COMMENT] The word patriarchy is used a lot in this paper, and is decried everywhere, yet when you get an actual concrete example of something which is a product of a real patriarchal system, as the burqa is, this paper runs to defend it? [Guardian Cif] Read more