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Campus BeatAMS Elections – What Happens Now? In Conversation with Calder Bryson, AMS CEOIn this episode, we present an exclusive interview with Calder Bryson, Chief Electoral Officer for the Alma Mater Society undertaken on February 2nd 2024. Bryson discusses electoral processes for the AMS Executive Team following the January 31st withdrawal of a team member from JNN, the potential impacts for student engagement with the voting process for the Rector positions and fee-seeking clubs on the referendum ballot, and the importance of slates and neutrality for the AMS in the election cycles.
As of 10 am on February 5th, the Queen’s Journal has posted story coverage about the recent Rector debate but has...2024-02-0500 min
queer muslim resistanceIslam! The O.G. House of Anti-Capitalism - A Conversation with EliasThis episode, Elias and Maha talk about artivism, sex education, mutual aid and turning outdoor gatherings and protests into queer masjds-on-the-go. Taylor joins Maha for a debrief.You can find Elias on Instagram @strawberreli and their website here.Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.comReferences and further reading: Masjid Al Rabia Faith Not Fear Fund EIias' queer Muslim masterpost The Indigenous Anarchist on mutual aid and charity Nawal H. Ammar - Restorative Justice in Islam: Theory and Practice The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice edited by Mi...2021-11-141h 14
queer muslim resistanceHello Islam, My Old Friend: A Conversation with EjelThis episode, Ejel and Maha talk about revisiting Queer Islam like a steadfast friendship, the rise of Islamists in the UK by the 1990's, the need for Queer Muslim in-person meetups, and TAKING TO THE STREETS! (as safely as possible :) ) Taylor joins Maha for a debrief. You can find Ejel on Instagram @muslimlgbtnetworkFollow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.comThanks again to Abrar and Aram, our lovely volunteers. Go Team Go.References and further reading:Muslim LGBT Network HidayahIm...2021-05-251h 36
queer muslim resistanceSari Not Sorry - A Conversation With SariThis episode, Sari and Maha talk about Islamic culture vs religion, culture X religion, Maghrebian Tunisian diaspora communities, & being Muslim enough. Taylor and Nicole join Maha for a debrief.You can find Sari on Instagram @sarihellara and @livingearthlingsFollow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.comA huge thank you to our volunteers, Abrar and Aram; their compassion and generosity has fuelled this project’s continuation. We owe them a lot!References and further reading:Inclusive Mosque UK https://inclusivemosque.org/Th...2021-04-271h 21
queer muslim resistanceNot Today Haram Police, Not Today: A Conversation with SufiThis episode, Sufi and Maha talk about harmful judgements, being outed, eventually finding a plethora of Queer Muslim communities online, Queer Ummah and Queer Muslim Liberation. Taylor and Nicole join Maha for a debrief.You can find Sufi on Instagram @sufi.sun and on Twitter @sufisun7Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.comA huge thank you to our volunteers, Abrar, Aram and Zara; their compassion and generosity has fuelled this project’s continuation. We owe them a lot!References and further reading:https://www.malikah.org/https://www.hidayahlgbt.com/http://www.queercrescent.org/https...2021-03-3055 min
queer muslim resistanceThere's Always Room to Grow - A Conversation with NoorThis episode, Noor talks to Maha about being “disabled and”, and the importance of centring accessibility in community spaces. Taylor and Nicole join Maha for a debrief.You can find Noor on Twitter @snoringdoggo and on snoringdoggo.dogThe transcript will be linked ASAP.Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content, and information and updates on the podcast. Visit patreon.com/queermuslimresistance to support us financially. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.com2021-03-021h 29
queer muslim resistanceDreaming Abolition - A Conversation with The Abolitionist Dream MappersThis episode, Maha, Muna, Beverly and Renée talk about abolition as a relational project, and the central role dreaming has in imagining and co-creating futures of collective liberation.The Abolitionist Dream Mappers’ website will be live in 2021.Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.comReferences and further reading: RUTH WILSON GILMORE MAKES THE CASE FOR ABOLITION “Muslim Abolitionists on Islam, Carceral Systems, and the Surveillance State” by Vanessa Taylor The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study - by Fred Moten and Stefano Harney2020-12-0951 minqueer muslim resistanceLove and Compassionate Rage - A Conversation with RachelThis episode, Rachel and Maha talk about loving hard as queer Muslims. Taylor joins Maha for a debrief.You can find Rachel on Instagram @transcendentalrachFollow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.comReferences and further reading: Inclusive Mosque Initiative MAY PROJECT GARDENS Homosexuality in Islam - Scott Kugle (available in our resource guide! Link in our Instagram bio) Believing Women in Islam - Asma Barlas Mohammed Jean Veneuse’s work (available in our resource guide! Link in our Instagram bio) If Th...2020-12-021h 10queer muslim resistanceLand Back! - A Conversation with IsmatThis episode, Ismat and Maha talk about revolutionary politics and what it looks like to learn and unlearn as queer Muslims. Taylor and Nicole join Maha for a debrief.You can find Ismat on Facebook facebook.com/ismat.hammer.9, Instagram @nammmmmmu and Twitter @iovingemeFollow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content.Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.comReferences and further reading: Simone Browne - Dark Matters NAZAR - an independent journalism project on surveillance - https://nazar.substack.com “The white working class is a political fiction: American media ne...2020-11-171h 24queer muslim resistanceReframing Faith to Work for Us - A Conversation with MasoomaThis episode, Masooma and Maha talk about navigating the world as queer Muslims while centring joy and allowing room for questions and growth. Nicole and Taylor debrief with Maha. You can find Masooma on Instagram @geminiholograms and find her writing on substack: geminiholograms.substack.comFollow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: queermuslimresistance@gmail.comReferences and further reading: Gayatri Gopinath - Impossible Desires (email us for access) Heteronationalism IS a thing!! Latoya Lazarus - Heteronationalism, Human Rights, and the Nation-State: Positioning Sexuality in the Jamaican Constitutional Reform P...2020-11-101h 04queer muslim resistanceWe Are All We Have - A Conversation with AmeeraThis episode, Ameera and Maha talk about what it means to be in right relationship with the land as queer Muslims on Turtle Island. Nicole and Taylor debrief with Maha.You can find Ameera on Facebook (facebook.com/bengalbrony) or Instagram @bengalbronyOther podcast episodes Ameera is featured in: What the Faith Podcast. “Faith as a Queer Muslim with Ameera Khan” https://anchor.fm/whatthefaith/episodes/Faith-as-a-Queer-Muslim-with-Ameera-Khan-efsgu2/a-a2i1bos Queerology podcast. “#QYFDay” https://matthiasroberts.com/queerology/qyfday/References and further reading: Jodi Byrd - The Transit of Empire Vimalessery et al - “In...2020-11-0253 minqueer muslim resistancePleasure and Bawdy - A Conversation with Kathryn (Part 2)This episode, we’re back with Kathryn for Part 2 of our conversation! She shares her work on re-centering sex and pleasure for BIPOC, queer folk and people of marginalized genders through her adult novelty business, House of Bawdy. You can listen to part 1 in our previous episode. Nicole and Taylor debrief with Maha.You can find House of Bawdy on Facebook or Instagram @houseofbawdy, and their website houseofbawdy.com is set to launch on November 27 2020.Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Butch Queens Up in Pumps: Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in...2020-10-2657 minqueer muslim resistanceDifference In Islam - A Conversation with Kathryn (Part 1)This episode, Kathryn shares her story of finding selfhood as a sexually fluid Black Muslim woman born into a Nation of Islam family. We talk about Blackness and Islam and Islams of difference. Next week, we’ll hear all about Kathryn’s work on re-centering sex and pleasure through her adult novelty business, House of Bawdy. Nicole and Taylor debrief with Maha.You can find House of Bawdy on Facebook or Instagram @houseofbawdy, and their website houseofbawdy.com is set to launch on November 27 2020.Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. “Towards a Blac...2020-10-191h 05queer muslim resistanceExistence as Resistance - A Conversation with SummeiyaThis episode, we have a conversation with Summeiya about their experiences navigating the world as a gender-fluid lesbian based in Tkoronto/ Toronto. Nicole and Taylor debrief with Maha. You can follow Summeiya on Instagram @summeiyakhamissaContent Note - this episode does feature mentions of threats of sexual violence and death.Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Queer Muslim resources - a resource guide on Google Drive Tareef: queer Muslim reading group from Hiba Ali Share your queer health stories The Sublime Quran translated by Laleh Bakhtiar http://www.sublimequran.org Tonguebreaker...2020-10-121h 01queer muslim resistanceQueer Indigenous Sovereignty - A Conversation with KoleThis episode, we talk about healing through rituals of beading, art and prayer, while complicating what it means to belong on stolen land.You can follow Kole on Instagram @mildpeps / @rustlingpine and check out their website: rustlingpine.comFollow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Kissing Brides artwork: @hiddenlionstudio The Rani’s Affair artwork: @demen.art Gayatri Gopinath - Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak - Can the Subaltern Speak? “What is Homonationalism?” - Novara Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l3shYm6Jao2020-10-051h 04queer muslim resistanceIntroduction!Hello and welcome to the introductory episode of queer muslim resistance: a podcast from OPIRG Kingston! We talk about who we are what we're doing here. Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content.Link to "The Whiteness of Coming Out" by Asiel Adan Sanchez: http://archermagazine.com.au/2017/07/culture-coming-out/2020-09-2849 min