I commented on social media last night about the politics of social media, where *some* Muslim women do not give the time of day to you if you& #39;re not young and hot-right-now. There are some cut-throat representational politics here (There can be only one of us!)

In these zero-sum-game politics, there& #39;s sisters out there who are like the hungry upwardly mobile piranhas at conferences - hunting for a way up.
If you& #39;re not useful, unaffiliated with Big Names, or lack deep pockets, you can be brushed aside with a total lack of courtesy.

One wants to play the age-and-experience card to the snippy youthful arrogance, saying, sisters, we& #39;ve been in the trenches before y& #39;all were born.
We don& #39;t have to be besties but c& #39;mon child, you aint too fancy for courtesy?
I guess it& #39;s time to be a miffed auntie now https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😑" title="Expressionless face" aria-label="Emoji: Expressionless face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😆" title="Smiling face with open mouth and tightly-closed eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth and tightly-closed eyes">

Let me add quickly that the solidarity among Muslim women is way powerful, and way stronger than these negative experiences.

In the words of @AQuraishiLandes
"I don& #39;t even think they stop to think who built the road. Or do they even notice there& #39;s a road under their feet in the first place?"

There are also a variety of politics among Muslim women. Some, for various reasons, will not touch issues of intra-community sexism; some of these regard Muslim feminist critiques as Dirty Laundry Airers. And some of these have been known to lash out publicly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😑" title="Expressionless face" aria-label="Emoji: Expressionless face">

We all must choose our agendas. That& #39;s OK. And we don& #39;t have to agree.

But the contempt for women warriors who have spent their lives in the trenches in comparison to a profound regard for male Muslim colleagues ... Not pretty.

As expected, we even have women who shove each other out of positions, such as the younger woman who said I should not be doing recruitment for an org because I wasn& #39;t hijabi.

Remember the cuckoo who shoves the eggs out of the nest?

I& #39;ve been sitting on these feelings about public social media posts a long time. So I had to come out and own the feelings. Despite how it positions me generationally - which *should* be a strength, but - isn& #39;t?

In the public encounters I had, they involved Extremely Famous Younger Muslim Women, who positioned themselves (on poor info) as Defending the Community from Muslim feminist writer (me).
We& #39;ve BEEN here. If you& #39;ve been out of the loop, we don& #39;t need to show you our track records.