This is a delayed therefore somewhat unnecessary announcement, but the first Asian Women Blog Carnival has been launched. Hosted by ciderpress, the carnival covers themes of racism, identity and cultural appropriation – all great stuff. My featured post “Foreign Bodies as Sexual Playgrounds” has been getting crazy amounts of attention in the last few days… Continue reading The first Asian Women Blog Carnival!
Category: Feminism
Open thread: Is religion good for women?
This week, The Guardian is running a series of articles on whether or not religion is good for women. I suppose if whether you speak from first-hand experience or from news stories and statistics, you will find that religion with its roots firmly planted in patriarchy is never going to be good for women. Savitri… Continue reading Open thread: Is religion good for women?
Asian Women Blog Carnival: Call for submissions
Ciderpress is hosting the first ever blog carnival dedicated to our Asian sisters: This is a call for submissions for the first Asian Women Blog Carnival as well as suggestions for themes and hosts for the future carnivals. This carnival is intended to focus on Asian women. The definition of Asian, within the scope of… Continue reading Asian Women Blog Carnival: Call for submissions
"The day I met Amina Wadud" – a critique
Any self-respecting news editor would know that significant, if not historical events require pretty polished reporting. The star-studded Musawah conference last February on Islamic family law reforms was one such significant event. Organised by Malaysia’s very own Sisters In Islam (SIS), it was something to be proud of. But reading Malaysian journalist Siti Nurbaiyah Nadzmi’s… Continue reading "The day I met Amina Wadud" – a critique
Open thread closed
With the possibility of being completely inundated with complaints, diatribe, and vitriol, I declare the Dummy Mummy open thread closed, until I return to the subject with a more in depth analysis of the subject. I completely understand that parents can be particularly sensitive about their role and their children, and that having a childless… Continue reading Open thread closed
Books from my pre-feminist days
The past is a foreign country: people read different things there. While currently surrounded by books of a feminist nature, I would revisit from time to time my old books from salad days, and think about how much (or little) I’ve matured in my reading taste. As a teenager approaching early adulthood, I had an… Continue reading Books from my pre-feminist days
Confronting Malay privilege
It is true that whenever I write about the state of feminism in Malaysia, I write from a point of view of a privileged Malay whose ethnicity is a dividing force in Malaysia. While I write about the challenges of Muslim women with a global view in mind, my own Malayness oppresses every one else… Continue reading Confronting Malay privilege
Notes on the Anti-capitalist Feminist Event, London, Valentine's Day 2009
Spending the day talking about Bangladeshi garment worker’s working conditions and sex-trafficking may not be everybody’s idea of celebrating Valentine’s Day. But there I was, rather than getting loved-up by candlelight with Whitney Houston bursting her lungs in the background, I was brushing shoulders with left-wing trade unionists, sex workers’ rights activists, and a rainbow… Continue reading Notes on the Anti-capitalist Feminist Event, London, Valentine's Day 2009
Tips on smashing conformity
The following is excerpted from an article by Malaysian academic, activist, and feminist, Rohana Ariffin. (Translation by Cycads): Bagaimana untuk membebaskan diri daripada menjadi “pak turut” atau “mak turut”? Bagi saya ada dua cara. Satu, menerapkan sikap ingin tahu terhadap segala ideologi, isu dan masalah masyarakat. Bukan menerima sahaja bulat-bulat pandangan orang lain tetapi mengkaji… Continue reading Tips on smashing conformity
Foreign bodies as sexual playgrounds
This post was featured in the first Asian Women Blog Carnival at ciderpress’s blog. So there was this American guy, Jake, who sat with Gareth and me at lunch last Saturday and was telling us how much he wanted to go to Malaysia because it’s apparently a great place to meet women, and claimed that… Continue reading Foreign bodies as sexual playgrounds
Alicia Izharuddin 