Role Reboot

Fairfax, London, And Trump’s Hateful Agenda Against Muslim LGBTQ Women

Those of us who live at the intersections of vulnerable worlds are struggling. As a queer Muslim immigrant woman from Pakistan, I was horrified to hear about the murder of a young Muslim woman in Fairfax, Virginia, as well as the attack on a mosque in London killing one person and injuring 11. Trump’s silence […]

Covering Female Athletes: On The Backlash Over Nike’s Pro Hijab

Why is it that we associate revealing our bodies with liberation and covering it up with oppression? Sixteen-year-old Je’Nan Hayes of Maryland recently had to sit out a basketball game because she wears a hijab (headscarf), and according to a rarely enforced rule, was required to provide prior documentation that she did so for religious […]