For those of you not familiar with her work she writes some seriously whacked out things. She just moved to Exmoor (rural Somerset) and writes that she has been feeding the rats in her barn organic museli, and that her pet chicken has been bleeding from its ‘front bottom’ so she is feeding that organic linguine from Carluccios. So rude and hostile to the locals is she, describing them as suffering from learning disabilities, that they are petitioning her to move away. Oh yeah, and she is famous for hoovering her backyard when living in London.

So, I can only say that this burka article is scary. I mean satire works because you know it’s satire, right? I mean Ali-G it aint. Which leaves behind the very real possibility that this woman is really living what she writes.

My conclusion from this is that even is this woman is a windup artist, she is still freaking batshit crazy. You know why the kid at the train station didnt bat an eyelid? Because he would have recognised her burqa or no burqa and for whatever she says the locals aren’t stupid – they already know this woman is crazy.

I really enjoyed your article and hated Liz Jones’.

And I hope someone does do an article on the “plight” of the Western woman of fashion!

There is also the negative idea that it is up to the woman not to tempt a man, rather than the onus being on the man to respect a woman: “I really liked the purpose behind the hijab — a woman covering herself so that a man should know her for her mind, not her body.”

Still a very interesting article, though.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/labourlist/france-tells-women-what-n_b_221803.html

Have to confess, as a non-Muslim woman, I would LOVE one of these!