December 2010
22 posts
“When a woman is direct and outspoken shes a bitch, when a guy is, he is a boss....”
– step 59: remember, you’re a boss.
step 58: break bones before promises. keeping your...
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think...”
– step 55: start/join a book club. too often I see my favorite books on everyone else’s “favorite book” list. EH. time to expand.
step 54: if you’re going to be anyone’s fangirl, be the Prophet’s (pbuh). We know he’s guaranteed Jannah, so uhhh, why are we putting alll of our energy into flipping our hair like Paris Hilton? or talking just like Weezy?
step 52: God is greater. in reference to step 49, two vital apps to download (yes, even more than “medical spanish” or “fitness pal”) are “adhan alarm” and “where is mecca?” these are essential to the swag, and with every prayer alert a message pops up reading, “God is greater,” wassup.
step 50: expand your narratives
“We are born in to webs of interlocution or into webs of narratives, from the familial and gender narratives to the linguistic ones to the narratives of one’s collective identity. We become who we are by learning to become a conversation partner in these narratives,” Seyla Benhabib
Watchstep 48: create dialogue about gender issues. I like exploring notions such as the “man box” and definitions of what it means to be a man and how that ties into what it means to be a woman. we gotta help each other out. ”my liberation as a man is tied to your liberation as a woman.”
“I think we can’t go around measuring our goodness by what we don’t do, what we...”
– step 47: go out and DO something beneficial for yourself and humanity as a whole.
“It is reported from Yahya bin Abee Katheer that he said: “Learn [to...”
– step 44: check yo self. constantly. so you don’t wreck your Hereafter.
