The Muslim woman as constructed by book covers designed to make white people feel better about themselves. Note two cases of the same image used twice.
Image is of various book covers, showing female-presenting people wearing niqab or burqa, mostly with only ~exotic~ eyes showing. Titles of the books are along the lines of “Behind the Veil”, etc.
O HAI white gaze! As a Moozlum, I would like you to know that a) I very much desire saving and b) I could blow you up! And because I am magic, these two conflicting things can exist in perfect equilibrium.
And that’s your Thursday moment for today. Bye now.
Holy wow. I bet that’s what, 1/100th of books out there like this? Sigh.
(via guerrillamamamedicine)
