body positive zone

tomhiddlestonswife:

What sucks about that girl trying the hijab for a few hours, is that she got called a terrorist by a little girl. 

Many muslim women who wear the hijab everyday have had their hijabs snatched off, thrown insults by grown men and women, attacked violently in public, approached with hostile remarks, denied jobs because of their hijab, men advancing at them telling them that they are “too pretty” to be covered up, places banning our rights and the practice of hijab and burqa, women being denied the right to participate in sports teams at school (and olympics) for wanting to wear their uniforms more modestly, being checked a little more thoroughly at airports because they look suspicious.

While I appreciate the intention the girl was trying to understand, it sucks that we need someone else to validate our experiences as muslim women when many people don’t listen to muslim women in the first place about our experiences, they blindly ignore or take it as “oh yeah thats what usually happens” and then when someone from outside does it, they run to her like “oh you poor thing, you’re so right.” 

No thanks, if you want to make it safer for us, listen to us first.