Reem’s Comments (group member since Jul 06, 2014)

Reem’s comments from the Womynism group.

I asked her the question that had been burning in my brain since I had arrived in Cairo: 'Why do you cover yourself? You are so beautiful.'
To this day, her answer hits me with it's clarity and simplicity.
'Because,' she said, 'I want to be judged for what I say and what I do, not for what I look like.'
(Page 6)

This really struck me. Isn't that what we all really want deep down? To be acknowledged as valuable human beings based on who we are and what we do, rather than how we look? In a woman's life, that's a pretty big deal. We work so hard to be seen.

It's just the start of the book, but it already has me hooked.

Introduce yourself here.

How did you end up in this little corner of the web, in a group talking about books on the Black Feminist experience?

What book on this topic blew your mind? One that you would recommend to anyone? Or one that so speaks to your experience you wish you wrote it or give thanks to the woman that did.