It’s been a crazy three days.
On Tuesday, our article headlined at HuffPo Comedy and brought the nation together in our shared love for Jon Stewart.
Yesterday, our amazing friends and families rallied in support and our book climbed to #8 on the Amazon women’s studies bestseller list.
Today, a light-hearted excerpt from our anthology was published by HuffPo Books – with a photo of a niqab-wearing woman heading it. That was enough to bring the Stealth Sharia Islamophobe trolls out in force and there are almost 1,000 comments on the piece already.
I had to stop reading after awhile; too much vitriol. But this must be said: the many readers standing up against the hatred are what makes this country great.
I’ve learned a few things from the drama surrounding our book excerpt in HuffPo Books this morning:
1. Sexy Muslim women bring the trolls to the blog (943 comments & counting)
2. Ask & ye shall receive – once the editors understood how the photo perpetuated stereotyopes, they changed the niqabi pic – to a pair of juicy pink lips
3. There is no such thing as bad publicity. We are now #5 on Amazon’s women’s studies bestseller’s list and in the top 450 books in the nation.
Suck THAT, trolls.
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January 5, 2012 at 10:13 pm
Faiqaa
This is incredible!! Also, it takes incredible fortitude to get through just one of those ranty comments, I’m a little in awe of your ability to read so many. But, yes, the positive is that people speak up now. Mashallah.
January 6, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Brian
Gotta love trolls. You can’t buy coverage like this. The fact that they are ignorant is meaningless. Based on completely unscientific observations, trolls exist in a shadow universe created by the constant bleating of one voice… BAAAAAAAAAAAA
January 7, 2012 at 8:13 pm
urbamouche
that excerpt on huffpo was hilarious. i am so excited for this book. mostly, i’m excited to have a place where Muslim female sexuality and sensuality is talked about openly. i’ll definitely be giving away copies to my friends so that i can stir up some interesting conversations.
in regards to the comments…haters gonna hate.