Nike’s Token Equality: New Campaign Masks the Truth About Workers’ Rights
Last month Nike debuted its “Equality” campaign with an ad featuring high-profile athletes like Serena Williams, LeBron James,…
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#HijabiLivesMatter: The Burkini Ban, Black Hair and the Meaning of “Natural”
A woman’s bare head in France is no more “neutral” than white skin in the U.S.
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Times‘ Cutesy Guide Veils Humanity of Muslim Women
If you scroll to the bottom of the New York Times‘ ‘World’ page, beneath articles about British…
Read MoreFive Ways to Show Solidarity with Muslims Instead of Wearing Hijab
As the new year begins, Larycia Hawkins, the Wheaton professor who was suspended for the…
Read MoreSolidarity Through Veiling? Backlash Has Been “Personal, Fierce and Vile…”
Three days ago, on December 28, Asra Nomani entered the 1000+ comment stream to her Washington…
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Feminist Critics of Wearing Hijab in Solidarity Fall Into Same Old Traps
Though Wheaton professor Larycia Hawkins was officially reprimanded for claiming that Muslims and Christian worship the same god,…
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#ReinstateDocHawk: Wheaton Does Not Speak for Its Students
When I decided to attend Wheaton College two years ago, I was expecting a haven…
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How “White Christianity” Beat Academic Freedom at Wheaton
As a fellow—make that sister—tenured black woman, I feel a particular kinship with Dr. Larycia…
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Wheaton and the “Same God” Controversy: A Theological Opportunity Squandered?
When Dr. Larycia Hawkins, a professor of political science at Wheaton College, donned a hijab…
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Embattled Professor Took a Stand for “Human Solidarity,” Versus Entrenched Evangelical Fear
As an Asian Christian who teaches at a Christian college in Massachusetts and has worn the…
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