#orientalism — Public Fediverse posts

Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d1d460eb-e2a6-49ff-839d-bcf7bce2db58

#rococo #gardens #orientalism #pagoda #bridges #landscapes #china #flowers #design #plants #chinoiserie #etching #art #publicdomain

"Stop patronising hijabi Muslim women by telling them to consider how other Muslim women may find hijab oppressive, as if we have not already done so.

We know how religion is weaponised in places where Muslims are the majority. We also know how your governments weaponise anti-Muslim rhetoric globally, and we understand where Islam stands in the global order.

Who are you trying to fool here?

Treating Muslim subjects as if we are insulated from that order and reminding us that “contradictions exist” is a projection of the privilege enjoyed by those who benefit from that system."

https://wrzky.com/orientalism-and-the-denial-of-muslim-political-agency/

#hijab #orientalism #muslim #liberalism #press #islamophobia #edwardsaid #activism #authoritarianism #marxism #liberalfeminism #Islam #Iran #afghanistan #indonesia #palestine