Comments for Sandhya Jha http://sandhyajha.com Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on You can’t go with this or that…you can only go with OTHER by Calia http://sandhyajha.com/2012/02/you-cant-go-with-this-or-that-you-can-only-go-with-other/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Calia Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:44:01 +0000 http://sandhyajha.com/?p=119#comment-159 This was a beautifully insightful piece to share, thank you. But as for one of the comments that followed, I must express some concern. I have seen quite a few examples of people self-declare as "trickster" because it allows abdication of responsibility under the guise of righteously careless educator. There is a very valid reason that trickster in most mythologies has no friends -- she is unable to connect with community not because of an inherent nature, but by conscious choice. Trickster's greatest lie is to herself. So be who you choose to be authentically, belong where want to belong in the real world as Sandhya Jha has; but don't ever hide behind a mask, "trickster" or otherwise. This was a beautifully insightful piece to share, thank you. But as for one of the comments that followed, I must express some concern. I have seen quite a few examples of people self-declare as “trickster” because it allows abdication of responsibility under the guise of righteously careless educator. There is a very valid reason that trickster in most mythologies has no friends — she is unable to connect with community not because of an inherent nature, but by conscious choice. Trickster’s greatest lie is to herself. So be who you choose to be authentically, belong where want to belong in the real world as Sandhya Jha has; but don’t ever hide behind a mask, “trickster” or otherwise.

]]> Comment on 5 things I’d like to share with men about women (including you, because I can tell you’re a very progressive man) by Sandhya http://sandhyajha.com/2012/04/5-things-id-like-to-share-with-men-about-women-including-you-because-i-can-tell-youre-a-very-progressive-man/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Sandhya Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:30:32 +0000 http://sandhyajha.com/?p=145#comment-153 Andy, thank you so much! I'm really grateful to be fostering up a nuanced conversation about this. Andy, thank you so much! I’m really grateful to be fostering up a nuanced conversation about this.

]]> Comment on Shaima Alawadi’s murder: Where is the outrage? by Sandhya http://sandhyajha.com/2012/04/shaima-alawadis-murder-where-is-the-outrage/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Sandhya Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:13:39 +0000 http://sandhyajha.com/?p=147#comment-151 And if you were looking for another reason to be angry, learn a little bit about Kenneth Chamberlain: http://signon.org/sign/justice-for-kenneth-chamberl?source=mo&id=38418-7266876-8avnV6x And if you were looking for another reason to be angry, learn a little bit about Kenneth Chamberlain: http://signon.org/sign/justice-for-kenneth-chamberl?source=mo&id=38418-7266876-8avnV6x

]]> Comment on 5 things I’d like to share with men about women (including you, because I can tell you’re a very progressive man) by Andy http://sandhyajha.com/2012/04/5-things-id-like-to-share-with-men-about-women-including-you-because-i-can-tell-youre-a-very-progressive-man/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Andy Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:01:24 +0000 http://sandhyajha.com/?p=145#comment-150 Thanks. I decided to go ahead and stick my response out there http://andymangum.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-found-sandhya-jhas-recent-on-gender.html Thanks. I decided to go ahead and stick my response out there http://andymangum.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-found-sandhya-jhas-recent-on-gender.html

]]> Comment on Shaima Alawadi’s murder: Where is the outrage? by Sharla Hulsey http://sandhyajha.com/2012/04/shaima-alawadis-murder-where-is-the-outrage/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Sharla Hulsey Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:12:04 +0000 http://sandhyajha.com/?p=147#comment-146 I am also quite disappointed not to have heard nearly the outrage for Shaima as for Trayvon--not that I begrudge Trayvon's family the publicity that has undoubtedly resulted in the investigation finally taking place that should have happened a month ago. A Muslim woman who wears hijab gets it from two directions, it seems to me: from the right you have bigotry of the "the only good Muslim is a dead Muslim" variety; but on the left there is a certain amount of disparagement of traditional Muslim dress as denigrating of women. I'm afraid our outrage is caught somewhere in between those two. There's not a whole lot I can do here, except talk, but we remembered Shaima in our Memorial Lesson at a shape note singing on Saturday and in a Sunday school class on justice yesterday; and I will wear my closest approximation of hijab in remembrance. I don't know how that will play here in Steve King country. I am also quite disappointed not to have heard nearly the outrage for Shaima as for Trayvon–not that I begrudge Trayvon’s family the publicity that has undoubtedly resulted in the investigation finally taking place that should have happened a month ago. A Muslim woman who wears hijab gets it from two directions, it seems to me: from the right you have bigotry of the “the only good Muslim is a dead Muslim” variety; but on the left there is a certain amount of disparagement of traditional Muslim dress as denigrating of women. I’m afraid our outrage is caught somewhere in between those two.

There’s not a whole lot I can do here, except talk, but we remembered Shaima in our Memorial Lesson at a shape note singing on Saturday and in a Sunday school class on justice yesterday; and I will wear my closest approximation of hijab in remembrance. I don’t know how that will play here in Steve King country.

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