http://evakhurshid.com New York Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:56:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://evakhurshid.com/reclaiming-derogatory-language-is-it-empowering/ http://evakhurshid.com/reclaiming-derogatory-language-is-it-empowering/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:54:14 +0000 Anisah http://evakhurshid.com/?p=1377 I find myself asking this question every time I hear people use derogatory language in offensive ways. Ways that merely perpetuate the stereotypes that marginalized groups are attempting to escape when they reclaim those words. How is it so empowering to call yourself what your oppressor has been calling you forever? Does it heal wounds? ]]> http://evakhurshid.com/reclaiming-derogatory-language-is-it-empowering/feed/ 0 http://evakhurshid.com/anisah-asks-where-are-you-really-from/ http://evakhurshid.com/anisah-asks-where-are-you-really-from/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:29:14 +0000 Anisah http://evakhurshid.com/?p=891 I’m one of those racially ambiguous people. You know the kind that walks into a room and gets asked, “So where are you from?” And I respond with a short answer like, “Oh, Connecticut.” Then they lower their voice and say something like, “No, where are you really from?” Well, I never have a short answer [...]]]> http://evakhurshid.com/anisah-asks-where-are-you-really-from/feed/ 6 http://evakhurshid.com/introduction-of-new-contributor-anisah-hashmi/ http://evakhurshid.com/introduction-of-new-contributor-anisah-hashmi/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 16:15:31 +0000 Team EK http://vesul.com/dev/evakhurshid/?p=58 As a new member of this symposium, I have to introduce myself. My name is Anisah Hashmi and I hail from two distinct and incompatible worlds that have somehow melded to create me. My mother is a Muslim convert from Connecticut and my father is a Pakistani Muslim immigrant. I grew up in both places [...]]]> http://evakhurshid.com/introduction-of-new-contributor-anisah-hashmi/feed/ 1