Tsuga Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I'm not Muslim. I did spend about 3 years of my life as a hijabi, though. McSweeney's brings you... Hijabi or Jihadi. Please note that McSweeney's is actually a pretty respectable publication, a non-profit publication dedicated to education and the literary arts that sponsors writing centers, writing workshops, and which publishes young people's writing, so it's worth exploring their site if you aren't familiar with it already. It is not a-political but it generally doesn't focus on the political. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joules Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Wow, that was powerful! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 It is crushing to think about spending an entire life shape shifting and explaining and overcompensating in a desperate attempt to prove that I’m okay. That I too am American. An entire life watching people watching me and wondering what they think, even though it is entirely possible that they don’t care at all. My grief, my anxiety, my sense of alienation and obligation cannot be resolved with a brief “we stand with Paris†cold-open. That's a crappy load to bear (bare?) for a kid. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) McSweeney's Internet Tendency has some of the funniest (this story is much more serious than the usual content), smartest writing I've found anywhere. Edited December 10, 2015 by Word Nerd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 It is a nice piece of writing, and it was written by a high schooler as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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