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Shawn S.

@2024Shawn

College Student @WUSTL, Aspiring Historian, Current Obsession = Environmental Histories of Colonialism + Talal Asad + American Postwar Realignment

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History majors who don't like paradox games, rise up!


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‘Liberated Muslim woman’ is an empty category— meaning that no Muslim woman is liberated and that liberated women cease to be Muslim because they become incorporated into the fold of Whiteness and Brahminical modernity.  / i write for @TheContrapuntal thecontrapuntal.com/thinly-veiled-…


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In fact the use of such sensationalist and insensitive language itself speaks to the level of attention that is being sought through this. Actual academic work requires genuine engagement with the people you are talking about.

Suddenly the debate has become about “academically writing about Hijab”. Do you think we can’t understand the difference between academic criticism and full blown bullying of Hijabi wmn. Since when did writing sweeping opinions like “Hijab is oppressive” become academic critique?



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“The reality of being a hijabi woman in Modi’s India is one of constant scrutiny and fear, but also one of resilience, determination and unwavering faith.” I write for @MiddleEastEye on #WorldHijabDay on being Hijabi Muslim in Modi’s India Today. Do read! middleeasteye.net/opinion/india-…


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#InfosysPrize2024 in Humanities and Social Sciences is awarded to Prof. Mahmood Kooria, @MahmoodKooria, of @EdinburghUni and @AshokaUniv for his truly outstanding and seminal contributions to the study of maritime Islam in a global perspective, with particular focus on Kerala in…

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Ruchika Sharma is horrible actually


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I genuinely believe if I showed up at the White House and said I was Usha Vance they’d let me in


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a woman from a privileged group who rises to prominence by shaming women of marginalized grps, will remain a collaborator in the larger project of her men, unless she questions the contradictions within her own race/ethnic majority/caste. It is anything but wmn empowerment


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This post made a buzzfeed list of funniest cat photos. buzzfeed.com/ashleyholt1/hy…

His Pretend Broke Paw (PBP) is getting worse. Doctor says he doesn’t have long. One, maybe two, decades at most.

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