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    • What’s the Matter With Jewish Studies? Sexism, Harassment, and Neoliberalism For Starters
      What’s the Matter With Jewish Studies? Sexism, Harassment, and Neoliberalism For Starters
    • Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel
      Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel
    • Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism
      Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism
  • Politics/Law
    • As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
      As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
    • Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel
      Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel
    • Arkansas’s Creationism Bill is Also Motivated by Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry
      Arkansas’s Creationism Bill is Also Motivated by Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry
  • Religious Liberty
    • As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
      As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
    • Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
      Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
    • Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
      Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
      It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
    • We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
      We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
    • 11 Election Tweets to Amuse, Infuriate, Enlighten, and Amuse You
      11 Election Tweets to Amuse, Infuriate, Enlighten, and Amuse You
  • New Books
    • I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
      I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
    • How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture
      How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture
    • Watch: Is The Religious Left a Mirage or Are Journalists Just Missing the Story?
      Watch: Is The Religious Left a Mirage or Are Journalists Just Missing the Story?

Shaina Hammerman

Shaina Hammerman is a cultural historian with a forthcoming book about representations of religious Jews in French and American film. She holds a PhD in Jewish History and Culture from the Graduate Theological Union and is currently working on a book about model minorities on television. Learn more at shainahammerman.com.

Sexuality/GenderSeptember 14, 2016

#HijabiLivesMatter: The Burkini Ban, Black Hair and the Meaning of “Natural”

By Shaina Hammerman

A woman’s bare head in France is no more “neutral” than white skin in the U.S.

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CultureMarch 21, 2013

Multifaith Weight Loss: The Problem of Fat, the Promise of Peace

By Shaina Hammerman

When things go well, feelings of “joy” and being “moved” abound, much like the Slim Peace participants claim of their experience. It is unclear whether such events actually change how these Jews and Muslims perceive each other, or if they only change how Jews and Muslims view themselves. 

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