Fraser McQueen
@frasermcqueen.bsky.social
Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, University of Leeds. Islamophobia & cultural production in France. Retired ex-Thai boxer. Co-convener @psafrenchpol.bsky.social He/him.
Yeah the 'beurette' trope def seems relevant! Nacira Guénif's distinction between beurette/française voilée too (in La République mise à nu par son immigration, 2006)
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Yeah the 'beurette' trope def seems relevant! Nacira Guénif's distinction between beurette/française voilée too (in La République mise à nu par son immigration, 2006)
Just did a v basic search (on my phone while resting between sets at the gym like a proper bro) - is something like this any good? Or maybe modest fashion itself is already quite bourgeois coded?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Unpacking nontarget majority consumers’ responses to modest fashion: how market controversy perpetuates marketplace exclusion
Combining trends in style and form with religious considerations, modest fashion has grown worldwide despite a series of intense controversies in Western countries from the mid-2010s. Building on t...
www.tandfonline.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Just did a v basic search (on my phone while resting between sets at the gym like a proper bro) - is something like this any good? Or maybe modest fashion itself is already quite bourgeois coded?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ah right! No idea on tracksuits - nothing from the top of my head on the hijab as a fashion item as opposed to the usual laïcité femonationalism etc (can keep thinking, not on my computer just now), but might publications on e.g. burkini, sports hijabs etc be similar?
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Ah right! No idea on tracksuits - nothing from the top of my head on the hijab as a fashion item as opposed to the usual laïcité femonationalism etc (can keep thinking, not on my computer just now), but might publications on e.g. burkini, sports hijabs etc be similar?
Like comparing the tracksuit and the hijab? Or about girls wearing hijabs with a tracksuit? Tbh nothing comes to mind but could have a think!
January 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Like comparing the tracksuit and the hijab? Or about girls wearing hijabs with a tracksuit? Tbh nothing comes to mind but could have a think!
I'll be thinking about this weeks from now 🫠
January 20, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I'll be thinking about this weeks from now 🫠
Again, I'm not well informed on this, so don't mean to suggest that anti-American imperialism necessarily equates to being 'one of the goodies'. Ffs though, consent manufacturing machine go brrrrrr
January 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Again, I'm not well informed on this, so don't mean to suggest that anti-American imperialism necessarily equates to being 'one of the goodies'. Ffs though, consent manufacturing machine go brrrrrr
It does seem some of the media coverage of her passing is reflecting some of this. I don't suppose I'm suggesting her death should immediately be followed by blanket vilification, but the tone of some of the 'iconic French actress' stuff is already pretty nauseating.
December 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It does seem some of the media coverage of her passing is reflecting some of this. I don't suppose I'm suggesting her death should immediately be followed by blanket vilification, but the tone of some of the 'iconic French actress' stuff is already pretty nauseating.
Was married to a former advisor of Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Explicitly called for people to vote for Marine.
During the MeToo movement, described women actresses who spoke up about sexual abuse as 'hypocrites'.
Described camp gay people as 'fairground freaks'.
Explicitly called for people to vote for Marine.
During the MeToo movement, described women actresses who spoke up about sexual abuse as 'hypocrites'.
Described camp gay people as 'fairground freaks'.
December 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Was married to a former advisor of Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Explicitly called for people to vote for Marine.
During the MeToo movement, described women actresses who spoke up about sexual abuse as 'hypocrites'.
Described camp gay people as 'fairground freaks'.
Explicitly called for people to vote for Marine.
During the MeToo movement, described women actresses who spoke up about sexual abuse as 'hypocrites'.
Described camp gay people as 'fairground freaks'.