“The burkini, a piece of beachwear that the white European patriarchy has deemed inappropriate because, in a paradoxical moment of unintentional irony, “it forces Muslim women to be submissive to men” (nobody said that patriarchal bullshit has to be ideologically consistent, right?).”

SO true. I don’t get it. I should be able to go to the beach naked or fully covered; it should be my prerogative NOT anyone else ’s.