Nashwa Khan

By Nashwa Lina Khan

A year ago, before the pandemic, a dear friend of mine and I met to talk about our dreams of moving to New York and share delicious food; as we parted ways in the subway station he started singing Cheb Khaled’s, Aïcha. This week I reconnected with that friend to confirm it was that song and not a fever dream. He confirmed and texted back: “ecoute moi ooooo.” I went back instantly, that moment I felt magic. My heart swelled. Someone knowing this enormous yet secret part of ...

In the over-simplification of feminist language, Lauren Duca and other so-called feminists have stripped feminist theory of its anti-capitalist stance.
By Nashwa Lina Khan
In January 2020, The Independent published a piece by Lauren Duca entitled “In Backing Liz Warren And Amy Klobuchar, The New York Times Rejected Toxic Masculinity- As We All Should”. The article’s subhead read “It’s not about women or men – it’s about a feminine way of approaching politics that politicians of all stripes ha...

Women of color who support Sanders have been erased despite being his most ardent supporters. This is rooted in a long history of voter disenfranchisement.
By Nashwa Lina Khan
Feminism like any theory and practice changes as it travels, it can also be weaponized to create reductive arguments that support the oppressions it intended to combat. When feminism is used to intentionally suspend any nuanced discussions or as a way to silo and reject the voices of non-white women, its weight shifts i...

"Oh! And Nashwa Khan wrote a powerful piece thinking about self-care in the context of neoliberalism, late capitalism, and white supremacy. You should give it a read." - http://gutsmagazine.ca/our-sunday-links-51/

Nashwa Khan is currently living and learning in the Greater Toronto Area. Over her undergraduate career in Hamilton, she served on a number of councils including the City’s Status of Women Committee, was Space Allocation Chair of McMaster’s Women and Gender Equity Network, and currently chairs the city’s Youth Advisory Council. Her work has been published in a variety of places including Guerilla Feminism, LoveInshAllah, Coming of Faith, and the HuffingtonPostBlog. She is an avid storyteller,...

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Introduction
Gender is widely accepted as socially constructed, however as a society with certain prevalent public attitudes, no individual lives in a vacuum. As a result, gendered identities intersect with how people experience illness. The very gendered connotations of breast cancer are immersed in dominant discourse of pinkwashing of the illness. The harmful nature of homogenizing ex...