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  • Racial Justice
    • White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II
      White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II
    • Evangelicalism Thrived Because it Enabled White Christians to Avoid Civil Rights Movements According to New Book
      Evangelicalism Thrived Because it Enabled White Christians to Avoid Civil Rights Movements According to New Book
    • Dear Amazon Prime, I’m Not a Racist, But Why Are You Destroying My Precious Middle-Earth With Black Hobbits?
      Dear Amazon Prime, I’m Not a Racist, But Why Are You Destroying My Precious Middle-Earth With Black Hobbits?
  • Politics/Law
    • White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II
      White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II
    • The Elite Movement Laying the Foundation for a MAGA That Will Outlast Trump and Remake America: Inside NatCon Part I
      The Elite Movement Laying the Foundation for a MAGA That Will Outlast Trump and Remake America: Inside NatCon Part I
    • Inspired by the Anti-Abortion Movement and QAnon, Anti-Trans Rhetoric is a Blatant Call for Violence
      Inspired by the Anti-Abortion Movement and QAnon, Anti-Trans Rhetoric is a Blatant Call for Violence
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II
      White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II
    • The Elite Movement Laying the Foundation for a MAGA That Will Outlast Trump and Remake America: Inside NatCon Part I
      The Elite Movement Laying the Foundation for a MAGA That Will Outlast Trump and Remake America: Inside NatCon Part I
    • Inspired by the Anti-Abortion Movement and QAnon, Anti-Trans Rhetoric is a Blatant Call for Violence
      Inspired by the Anti-Abortion Movement and QAnon, Anti-Trans Rhetoric is a Blatant Call for Violence
  • Christian Nationalism
    • White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II
      White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II
    • The Elite Movement Laying the Foundation for a MAGA That Will Outlast Trump and Remake America: Inside NatCon Part I
      The Elite Movement Laying the Foundation for a MAGA That Will Outlast Trump and Remake America: Inside NatCon Part I
    • Evangelicalism Thrived Because it Enabled White Christians to Avoid Civil Rights Movements According to New Book
      Evangelicalism Thrived Because it Enabled White Christians to Avoid Civil Rights Movements According to New Book
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • In Sermon on Birth of the ‘Fatherland,’ Putin’s Patriarch Kirill Equates Invasion of Ukraine with Defense of Orthodox Faith
      In Sermon on Birth of the ‘Fatherland,’ Putin’s Patriarch Kirill Equates Invasion of Ukraine with Defense of Orthodox Faith
    • Unprecedented Anti-LGBTQ Statement By Orthodox Church in America Should Be Christian Nationalist Warning Sign to US Orthodoxy
      Unprecedented Anti-LGBTQ Statement By Orthodox Church in America Should Be Christian Nationalist Warning Sign to US Orthodoxy
    • With This Largely Overlooked Shakeup is the Russian Orthodox Church Looking to Westernize? Yes and No
      With This Largely Overlooked Shakeup is the Russian Orthodox Church Looking to Westernize? Yes and No

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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