Rabbica

Face. I'm Rebecca 22. Chicago Native. Feminist. Jewish. Sex Positive. Body Positive. Activist.

[fiercefatfeminist]

It is our duty as feminists to protect and respect women in Hijabs

[fiercefatfeminist]

Now. More. Than. Ever.

[princeoftheplayground]

Question: if I see someone pull off a Hijab, what should I do? I know there are reasons they are worn so I want to if i should stand in between them and who did this, should i protect them from view somehow, or something else? This has been happening a lot so I feel it’s something everyone needs to know.

[protectnevillelongbottom]

Good question! I cannot correctly and effectively answer, as I am a white, non-Muslim person; however, I will reblog in case any of my followers can answer. 

[inquisitivespirit]

I asked my Hijabi friend, so here’s one Hijabi’s answer: 

“my opinion is, definitely try cover them or give them something to cover themselves with. And perhaps shoo off the person, without putting oneself in danger! God forbid, if that happened to me, I would like someone to come and comfort me and give me something to cover my hair with and then help me report it to the cops “

[animatedamerican]

(Followers, if any of you are hijabi and would like to expand on this answer or offer alternatives, please do.)

[scifibi77-deactivated20190412]

If u see it happen to 1 of us, pls cover our head + hair with a coat or shawl or any piece of cloth, while hugging us in comfort. Please don’t get hurt by lashing out @ the perpetrators in any way, coz if they dare to do that, they’re probably too far gone in their own hatred to listen to any reason. Much love + Thank You to anyone who supports us.

[meanieyards]

yes !! everything said here is important af. if you see someone pull off a girl’s hijab immediately cover her hair and provide comfort. don’t talk to the perpetrator but try to get the woman out of there if you can. maybe if you have a scarf on you at the time give it to her so she can wear it until she’s alone and can replace her hijab. please please protect muslim girls because we already had it hard before donald trump became president and now its gonna be worse with people going around thinking their violence and cruelty is justified 

[hollowedskin]

for my other white ppl who might have a hard time, it’s my understanding that a hijab is like a major item of clothing, not an accessory like a hat or a scarf. so think abt it more like if someone just ripped someone’s shirt or skirt off. u don’t want to be left there exposed or have to walk home without it.

everyone, even outside America needs to protect our Muslim sisters in these times.

[quadriparesis-deactivated201908]

as a man, what would be the best thing to do? should i turn my head and avoid looking at their hair? can i still offer a jacket or something similar?

[wear-it-like-armour-bastard]

^I’m hoping someone has an answer islamaphpbia is on the rise in my town and I want to be a good male non Muslim ally

[soul-angelos-deactivated2023102]

For men, yes please, we would prefer it if you avoided looking at our hair, and if we don’t have something to substitute as a hijab at that moment, anything you could lend us, a jacket, etc, would be very appreciated.

Also, since most girls avoid physical contact with men they’re not related to, please do not hug them, but rather shoo the offender away if you can, or at least escort the girl to a safe place. You can still offer words of encouragement and support. Furthermore, understand that the victim may not be very welcoming towards you because she’ll obviously be shaken, and won’t know where you are coming from. If that’s the case, please still give her something to cover herself (hijab is very important, think of it as someone ripping your shirt off) and stand some distance away until you are sure she’s in safe hands.

Thank you so much for your support, we really appreciate it, god bless all of you.

[clairethehuntress-deactivated20]

In the horrible climate we’re currently in, please take note of this.

[oak-antlers]

Reblogging this again for the guy-instructions

[geekandmisandry]

Same

[unrulygingerlesbian]

ummmm???? do people forget that hitler’s rise to power didn’t START with the holocaust??? like it wasn’t like day one he became chancellor and said “okay from now on, all jews are going to be put into camps”. it started so much more subtle than that. he started with quietly and subtly removing jewish people from civil services, from government positions, then from the entertainment industry, then from being on radio, then from medicine and sciences, then from not letting them go to university, THEN the nuremberg laws that officially classified jewish people as outcasts. THEN Kristallnacht. THEN ghettos. and then THEN the rounding up into camps. this all happened over a span of YEARS.

dictatorship doesn’t arrive with a slimy red bow, dripping with venom. it comes promising to make your country better by putting the blame conveniently on the backs of people that are easy targets and slowly raises the temperature on them until it reaches a boiling point. make no mistake. these ARE the signs of fascism. don’t pretend that there’s an overreaction when there really REALLY isn’t.

[zhora-salome]

Wannseekonferenz. The day the “final solution” was set into motion. 20th January 1942. Three years into WWII. Nine years after Hitler seized power. 

[mynoregon]

I was shocked at how little was taught in my son’s high school in a “modern history” class about the Holocaust and the sinister infiltration of Hitler/Nazi ideology into German culture prior to and during WW2.   “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”.  

[captainevans]

The ACLU was able to halt the Muslim Ban for the time being. The stay is only temporary but it means that Trump’s executive order can’t be implemented and that all current detainees at airports need to be released.

If you have the means to, please donate to the ACLU. The fight is just beginning.

[umbrellaliker]

To clarify, detainees aren’t necessarily automatically being released, it just means that they are not going to be immediately deported. It’s definitely a step forward and it’s great that it happened so quickly but there’s far more to go.

[geshertzarmeod]

It also doesn’t affect those who weren’t already in transit to the United States - the ban is still there, I believe, for those still in other countries

[cachorritx]

Am I lazy or is this another Depression Session™

[bitchycode]

i stress about stress before there’s even stress to stress about

[otarsus]

[princess-stabbity]

i;m fucjing crying brett baier filling a water bottle with mustard when he thoguht nobody was looking what the shit

[princess-stabbity]

Facebook Live: RNC Ketchup and Mustard Station

[duckypi]

why are old people so obsessed with doing this

[fatbodypolitics]

Those darn millenials are going to spell “HALP” and no one would think that maybe someone needs to be saved because they didn’t spell it right. This is when I wish I could draw comics. I just want an airplane pilot flying by and seeing “HALP” on the beach and leaving because it isn’t spelled right. “Clearly, if people were down there they would have spelled help correctly.”

[dinuguan]

[dundermifflinscranton]

[softergirl]

everyone has that one story that sounds fake but isnt

[peaceofseoul]

The Golden Trio!

[lizthefangirl]

whoaoaooooaoaoaoaoaoa

[sandandglass]

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee s01e04

[workingitinportland-deactivated]

Yes, Portland is friendly and liberal. But it has a race problem.

Cabouet: I’m from Boston. I’ve lived in New York and Miami and I can say unequivocally that Portland is the most racist place I’ve lived. It is subtle, but it is constant. It is people moving when you sit by them on the bus. It is not being called back when you see an apartment – showing up to see an apartment and you’re told, ‘Oh, there’s nothing available.’ It is white people touching your hair. It’s pervasive. It’s constant. Because it is so subtle a lot of people I know spend a lot of time thinking, ‘I feel angry. I feel hurt. Is it just me, though? Or is it everybody else?’ It takes a while to recognize that it’s everyone else.

Barber: I’ve been in Portland almost three years and one of the shocking things for me is how much Portland celebrates whiteness. I’m still trying to get used to that. Whiteness is celebrated here. It is the center of culture. It is what everything else is measured up against.

Hardesty: We didn’t declare a housing emergency until white middle class people started getting rent hikes. I find it ironic that all of a sudden we have a housing emergency, but 10,000 people of color were displaced from their neighborhoods and not a peep.

If you want to make a meaningful difference, it’s not enough to preach a sermon series on race, share relevant articles on Facebook and/or show up to the occasional protest.

Barber: You’ve got to invest in leaders of color. Being relevant socially, understanding some of what’s happening around the problem of prisons and mass incarcerations – we know that stuff, but the investment is missing.

Cabouet: It’s important that we recognize that investing in the black community is an intentional process. White supremacy was an intentional construct. It’s not a human nature. It was a capitalist strategy. This is going to require very intentional dismantling of the system.

Werner: Part of our history is that we get excited, as progressives, and maybe we’ll show up at a protest once or twice. But how do we become accountable to institutions and groups that are working on this? When you’re in relationship, you’re accountable to continuing to show up. Yes, I am still racist and I still benefit from racist systems and I will show up in public and get it wrong and I will still show up the next day.

Not being blatantly, aggressively racist doesn’t absolve white people of responsibility for systemic racism and racial bias.

[boycottmarvel]

reblog for tubbs like for kylo ren

[dutchster]

one of my favorite hobbies is not being a parent

[yayfeminism]

As if the story wasn’t awful enough, people come to the defence of the attacker because he spent money on a hotel.