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“Between the hammers”

Here is the time for the sayable, here is its homeland. Speak and bear witness. More than ever the Things that we might experience are vanishing, for what crowds them out and replaces them is an...

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Deepavali: My style is deadly!

Ugh, 13 years on and I still love this ‪‎Bollywood‬ moment— Madhuri Dixit is a force. So power. And it’s so refreshing how all that power isn’t spent on performing for, impressing, or waxing lyrical...

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#AkuYangBelaiKauYangPanas

The #IWantToTouchADog debacle has me worn out. I went, by the way. Who knew two hours of peace, cute dogs, fear-confronting, getting to know other fellow citizens and tackling our societal stigmas...

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Kutuk hidup orang lain, terlajak laris hidup sendiri: 15 soalan untuk D’Herbs

In today's #Kosmo. This sexist nonsense. Where do I begin? He's covering his face because he's ashamed, but he's also so handsome? Idk. Clearly there must be some trust in their love still if he's...

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It’s not that weird to be a progressive Muslim

Being a young Malaysian-Muslim feminist SOGIE ally can be quite the experience, both online and offline! Muslims find me too feminist. Feminists find me too Muslim. How can my perspective be considered...

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Jalan Duta, Jalan Ipoh, Jalan Khidmat Usaha, Lebuhraya Mahameru, Jalan...

Why should we kick up a fuss? It’s not like we use those roads every day. It’s not like they keep us company. Or that our identity or business cards need to be reprinted, our postmen reeducated. Why...

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“Is this considered abuse?”

Every once in awhile it would be good to ask: “Is this considered abuse?” Day 14: To those in religious mainstream who refuse their kindness to trans people, I dare you to imagine a God who says it's...

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There’s been another attack! Muslims, explain yourselves!

So this guy saw my (re)tweets of  the Charlie Hebdo attack in France and decided to have this kind of conversation with me about it. Yoooo. Even I have beef with religion sometimes, but this isn’t how...

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To the ones who aren’t Saiful

My thoughts are today with the victims of rape, sexual assault, and harassment who never saw justice in Malaysia, who think they never will, and whose stories are met with skepticism, disbelief,...

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Being Retweeted Feels Amazing

Can I just say? I mean, it’s happening more this year than last year, and at the very base of that feeling is that “YES I AM BEING LISTENED TO AND THEY AGREE WITH ME” which can be the most validating...

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#GeraiPuisiSegera has a cameo in Liyana Fizi’s new video!

Liyana and I totally talk about how people mix us up— although I don’t think having almost 50 thousand followers is my kind of thing, or will ever be! She visited my #GeraiPuisiSegera in its earlier...

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In which I try to explain feminism broadly and in plain English

I think this was the longest time I’ve ever been in front of a camera, too! Eek. Full transcript here after the jump— Please note that the train of thought is not a script, because my recording was...

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“Carving your fine houses from the mountains”

The Qur’an has layers of meaning in its original language, so any translation of the Qur’an is just an interpretation. But reading it in English here, one draws reminders of: The dangers of valuing...

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35:18

For men who use Islam to justify excessive power over their female relatives. For women who are told their very identity as a woman can damn their male relatives to hell, and face extreme pressure and...

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7:51

Reminder to believers to stay focused, to participate positively in the dunya, and not let its negativity distract / ignore you from the bigger picture. “Those who took their religion for distraction,...

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#GeraiPuisiSegera Interview by The Malay Mail Online

MMOxGTF: Give Liyana three words and she will give you a poem… in an instant! by Lydia Koh   KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 — You’ve heard it all before: Malaysians don’t like to read. So, what more when it...

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POEM: Heartlines (Alexandra Teague)

Listen to your heart, this new man tells me. We are in a bar with red velvet curtains for walls, sashes of conversation draped under music. He pours rum and then Coke over ice, which rattles like...

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“There’s nowhere he can go without”

There is nowhere he can go without Someone asking where he came from Two smiles later with a stranger He finds himself thinking Pleeeeease don’t ask To let them know is to say a word That takes him...

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#GeraiPuisiSegera will be at Next Door @ Publika

After opening booths in Penang and Ipoh, I’ll be writing instant poetry by donation back in KL on the weekends of 21-22 November and 12-13 December at White Box, Publika, from 2pm to 4pm. I’ll be...

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“For you, I’d take up farming.”

For you, I’d take up farming. Agriculture runs through the veins of our ancestors, just as your name charges through the doors of my heart. I’ll think of them as I pat seeds into the soil I have three...

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