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Quick hit: The last presidential emcee battle

By Syreeta | Published: October 23, 2012

Tweet So the biggest fallout from the last presidential debate of 2012 might be the most awesome MC diss made by head of state to an opposing candidate. Followed by the best commander-in-chief mansplaining I’ve ever seen in the history of evers: And the interenets responded with the kind of gumption and American ingenuity that [...]

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A New Day in Politics: Complicated conversations about Muslim women’s rights

By Samhita | Published: April 30, 2012

TweetI have been heartened by the substantive conversation happening in thought leadership publications about the plight of women in predominantly Arab and Muslim nations. Referring to Muslim women as people with desires, agency, needs and destinies is a new direction in how “the West” has ever talked about the real lives of women within these cultural contexts. [...]

Also tagged foreign policy, International, Law, Muslim feminism, Sexism, transnational feminism, women | Comments closed