Journal article
#DearSister and #MosqueMeToo: adversarial Islamic feminism within the Western-Islamic public sphere
Abstract
In the present paper I define Mona Eltahawy’s viral Twitter campaigns, #DearSister (2017) and #MosqueMeToo (2018), and her broad journalistic activism as a novel form of Islamic feminism, “adversarial Islamic feminism.” Provocative, angry, and highly performative, it is found on social media platforms, representing a new chapter in the articulations of the politics, ethics, and aesthetics of the Muslim female body, often caught between the …
Authors
Mincheva D
Journal
Feminist Media Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 525–540
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
February 17, 2023
DOI
10.1080/14680777.2021.1984273
ISSN
1468-0777