Burkinis, Bigotry, and Beyond

[tcpip]

"Let's be blunt about it. If you support the burkini ban, you're not a feminist or a secularist, you're a misogynistic bigot."OK, I admit I got grumpy putting this article together, but seriously I got tired pretty fast with people trying to tell me that Muslim women don't get to choose even in liberal democracies what clothing they wear, or if

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[yes_justice]

Pick your master: French police or your Imam!

[tcpip]

Heaven forbid the idea that women could be given the option to decide for themselves.

[yes_justice]

Heaven forbid, no seriously, it is forbidden.

[tcpip]

One of my FB friends has suggested: "To be honest my humble view is that policing women's bodies is awful and we should riot when it's done."

[abomvubuso]

Please do, and then report back! But with picture material!

[tcpip]

You're not the first person who has requested pictures :)

I'll see what the situation is when I get there. After all, I'm supposed to give a paper a few days later in Barcelona, and one can't do that from inside a French prison!

[johnny9fingers]

Good article, and one with which I can agree. Mind you, some Isocracy network postings need a good sub-ed. Hanging parenthesis aside, we had this debate a bit earlier last week. It's interesting to see how folk's positions accord with the article's analysis.

As for me, I'd always wear a skimpy bikini: whenever I wear one folk clear the beach for æsthetic reasons. :)

[tcpip]

> Mind you, some Isocracy network postings need a good sub-ed.<

We're open to volunteers :)