Homework Links for Episode #57

Taz and Zahra are coming together after a busy hot girl summer!

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• Zahra is a Pop Culture Collaborative Senior Fellow and her report on comedy is finally out! Read it here: FUNNY IS FUNNY: Development Models for Diverse Voices in Stand-Up Comedy.

• Zahra Billoo was kicked out of the Women’s March and here at GMBM, #WeMarchWithZahra. Support her here.

• Why the world is Dakota Fanning playing a Muslim Somalian Adoptee in Sweetness of the Belly?

• Modi came to Texas and Trump opened for him and we say #AdiosModi. The Intercept has a great summary so you can catch up.

• Betsy DeVos is saying that Duke University portrays Islam too positively, which is just islamophobic blackmail of federal funds.

• Scottish Muslim Tartan kilts are a thing.

• Mindy Kaling produced show Four Weddings and a Funeral does Muslim-ish storytelling right - especially the adorbs Desi wedding!

• Why in the world did Justin Trudeau do brown face?

• Hasan Minhaj gave a really solid and funny Congressional testimony on student debt because he is our every man expert on every issue now.

• Marya Bangee is the best!

• Big ups to Jameela Jamil and Riz Ahmed for cancelling on the Gates Foundation Awards Gala because they were giving an award to Modi. Now, what’s wrong with the Gates Foundation?

Homework: Links for Episode 7

We recorded this Episode 7 of our podcast in front of a live studio audience in New York City! To follow along, check out the links below. 

This month, our Good Muslim award went to The Kominas for this awesome holiday song. 

• The awesome DJ Rekha was our dedicated DJ for the whole show and was on stage with us the whole time! Check her out here. 
• Our show was opened by comedy sets by Dina Hashem and Azhar Usman.
• We hosted a Poetry A Day for Ramadan writing group. Read our poems here. 
• Zahra performed at the Muslim Funny Fest in late July. 
• I attended the Netroots Nation conference this year. And I spoke on a panel called, "Love is a Revolutionary Act: Using Culture to Shift Narratives in Communities of Color."
• At the 2011 Netroots Nation, a bunch of us organized a HIjabi Flashmob against the right wing conference.
• #BlackLivesMatter activists stormed the stage at Netroots Nation in 2015 when the presidential candidates were speaking. 
• AJ+ news video on Sandra Bland.
• Chattanooga shooting and his diary entries.
• Taz was quoted in an article called, "Why Are We Still Asking Muslims to Condemn Terrorism?" 
• Zahra was quoted on a radio news piece called, "#GoodMuslimBadMuslim host ponders Washington's pact with Tehran and asks: When can we go home?"
• Somewhere in New York there is a "Muslim-Free" gun store...
• Flight attendant refused a can of soda to a Hijabi Muslim woman, and now can't interact with customers any more. 
• There are 1.57 billion Muslims in the world. In case you were wondering. 
• There is bacon-flavored kale now.  Also, bacon bits are vegan. 
• People in NYC eating at the halal carts don't even know what "halal" means! How creeping shahria is that?
• City of Farmersville, TX, people are scared for the Muslim zombies and are pushing the Muslim graves out of their city.
• Listen to the Good Cha Podcast by Deepa Crash, who also thankfully moderated our Q&A! Follow her podcast to hear the whole thing. 
• Taz is volunteering with Bay Area Solidarity Summer in Oakland. Check them out here!
• Thanks to the Asian American Writers Workshop for hosting our show - learn more about them here! 

Zahra's Muslim Funny

This past week the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim team was on the road for the Muslim Funny Fest in New York City. The festival was great - there were some amazing comedians that had us laughing and cringing. Our very own Zahra did an awesome set on the second day of the festival - and you can check it out right here. Watch, laugh, enjoy! Thanks to the organizers of the event for creating a much needed space.

And stay tuned for our New YorK City podcast which will be uploaded very very soon!

Homework: Links for Episode #4

In our fourth podcast LIVE from Pomona College Taz and Zahra interview each other and have a conversation about Muslims in the news. And spiders. Here's a list of links so that you can keep up:

• Love, Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women - the anthology where Taz and Zahra met.
• My Infidel Husband - Zahra's column
• All Atheist Are Muslim and Hijabi and Hammerpants - one-woman shows by Zahra
• Radical Love - Taz's monthly column (out first Wednesday of every month)
• Register to Vote! - this is the link to vote in California
• Rebel Legacy: Activist Art from South Asian California - Taz had a few pieces up in this exhibit
• Mishthi Music - Taz's South Asian Diaspora Music website
• Beats for Bangladesh: A Benefit Album in Solidarity with the Garment Workers of Rana Plaza - Taz executive produced this album to raise money for Rana Plaza victims
• When Women Accept Compliments article on Buzzfeed 
• The Convert on This American Life
• Is My Ex an FBI Informant? column by Taz
• My Absurdly Attractive Doctor & Other Misadventures in Love - column by Taz
• Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Imam Stir Rifts in Insular Illinois Community article in the New York Times

*No spiders were harmed in the recording of this podcast

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