Caliphate podcast is ISIS fanfic. The desire for the reporter’s preconceptions is so strong, it’s time to talk about the affective and erotic logics of #WarOnTerror culture and Islamophobia.
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So many moments in this podcast echo Edward Said's argument in Orientalism, that ideas about the Orient prove themselves because they require Orientalist readings to make them comprehensible to the west.
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Of course by episode 9 we’ve gotten to the white savior portion of the story which serves to legitimize her work at the expense of possibly retraumatizing young survivors.
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Of course Rukmini is unwilling to concede that ISIS is destroyed because her bread is buttered by
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The fact-checking episode seems to be one where the editorial team will fall on their sword to protect white womanhood....
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Oh look, more questions about this journalists standards.
https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1340314161860014083 …
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Rukmini Callamachi is not even a good Orientalist since she does not speak the languages of the people and regions in which she reports. But
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