Elleanor

Elleanor Chin lives in Portland, Oregon where she writes, practices law, fusses over her family, and sometimes bakes bread and grows greens. She has degrees from Bryn Mawr College and the University of Michigan. She is on the Boards of the Oregon Chapter of the National Organization for Women and Family Forward Oregon. Opinions are her own, not those of any client or organization. She writes about Oregon politics at www.blueoregon.com and blogs about art, food and family at https://ragecreationjoy.wordpress.com/

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By Elleanor • 9 years ago

Hijabi for a Day

“Growing up in America has been such a blessing…And, you know, although in some ways I do stand out, such as the hijab I wear on my head, the head covering, there’s still so many ways I feel so embedded in the fabric that is our culture. That’s the beautiful thing here, is that I doesn’t matter where you come from. There are so many people from so many different places, of different backgrounds and religions. But here we’re all one, one culture.”- Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha

Author’s note: The tragic killings of three young Syrian Americans in North Carolina occurred as this piece was going to publication. I would like to dedicate this to the memory of Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad ...

“Growing up in America has been such a blessing…And, you know, although in some ways I do stand out, such as the hijab I wear on my head, the head covering, there’s still so many ways I ...

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By Elleanor • 9 years ago

Being Female in Public and #DudesGreetingDudes in 2014

#DudesGreetingDudes You. Me. Playstation2. What? Stuck up prick. #NotJustHello

— Elleanor Chin (@elleanorchin) November 4, 2014

My favorite feminist hashtag of 2014 was #DudesGreetingDudes. I spent a lot more time on Twitter in 2014 and developed an appreciation for the beauty of hashtags. They can be a functional tool for indexing and channeling online activism, but also a distilled form of satire and storytelling. #DudesGreetingDudes was a beautiful example of the latter. #TakeDownJulienBlanc was more of the former. #YesAllWomen was some of both.

Comedian and culture commentator Elon James White launched #DudesGreetingDudes in the wake of the critical reaction to Hollaback’s viral street harassment video in October showing a woman being repeatedly catcalled while going about her business in ...

#DudesGreetingDudes You. Me. Playstation2. What? Stuck up prick. #NotJustHello

— Elleanor Chin (@elleanorchin) November 4, 2014

My favorite feminist hashtag of 2014 was #DudesGreetingDudes. I spent a lot more time on Twitter in 2014 and developed ...