Posted by Reason on August 25th, 2008
Calgary officials are permitting hijabs and saris to be worn in public pools under a new inclusiveness policy designed to encourage women who are otherwise muffled by religious prohibition to have some fun on their holidays. Saris are not permitted in the deep end lest they get sucked into the pool’s filtration system, reports the Globe and Mail.
Aheda Zanetti, the woman behind Australia Islamo-surf label Ahiida, remembers “growing up in Australia (posed) a lot of challenges for a young Muslim / Arab girl. As an active person who liked to participate in community activities and sport, I found myself restricted due to cultural and religious beliefs…I noticed there are younger girls and women …obeying their Islamic belief in dressing modestly, in turn, having to miss out on opportunities, and (not) taking part in any sporting activities that Australia has to offer.”
To combat this sports injustice, Ms. Zanetti brings us…the Burkini©! Available in both ’slim fit’ and ‘modest’, these $200 Allah-approved bathing costumes are worth every penny when you just wanna rock the pool in an appropriately reserved manner.
Tags: Ahiida, Burkini, fashion, Islam
Category: Fashion, Islam, Politics & Law
Posted by Reason on August 4th, 2008
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T-shirts a fun and easy way both to keep warm and to annoy religious folks! As part of the Topic Agnostic fashion series, may we present One Horse Shy’s Blasphemy line!
Tags: fashion, funny, t-shirts
Category: Culture, Fashion, Humor
Posted by Reason on July 16th, 2008
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From the Times Online: 20 t’s to express your faith. We here at Topic Agnostic feel we should give fair airtime to faith-based fashion, since we did cover Teach the Controversy’s pro-science t-shirts. (Whoops - I just plugged Teach the Controversy again. Does that still count as fair airtime?)
Tags: fashion, funny, t-shirts
Category: Culture, Fashion, Humor
Posted by Reason on June 16th, 2008
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Mr. Jeremy Calgreen of Teach the Controversy presents some illarious pro-thinking “intelligently designed” t-shirtage; offerings include this fabulous Beelzebub-buryin’ dino bones garment and an entire cheerful line extolling the positive outlook that is Science. Jeremy promises they’re of a slightly higher quality than Cafe Press, and even lets you get the design sans TtC logo.
Tags: funny, t-shirts, Teach the Controversy
Category: Atheism & Agnosticism, Fashion, Humor
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