This lady I follow on tiktok has been creating character designs to encourage people to make fantasy characters who wear a hijab and they are so incredibly cool!
This is a compilation of looks they have done so far and they are all really awesome
When I was doing my hair journal series, I was asked to paint a woman with a Hijab and, at first, I thought "How am I going to have this work with the other 'flowing hair' designs I had been doing?"
But, then, the idea of the cloth being like the hair came to me... and everything kind of fell into place.
Sometimes it's fun to challenge your brain a little bit... right?
shoutout to nonbinary/agender/otherwise gender nonconforming people who choose to wear cultural clothing typically associated with a certain gender!
jews who wear kippot, muslims who wear hijabs and burqas and niqābs and jilbābs and kimars, sihks who wear turbans, just to name a few!
whether you're wearing these because you have a connection to the gender associated with the article of clothing, or if you wear them because you want to challenge gender roles, or if youre just used to wearing them and don't think your gender should stop you from continuing, or any other reason, i think you all rule!!! im actually a nonbinary jew who wears kippot :] rock on!
and to those who are forced to wear these things, i hope one day you all are in a place where you can have the freedom of choice
[ID: An animated gif of the artist, a hijab wearing Pakistani person with brown skin and glasses. They're sat at a table, tablet open and pen in hand. A steaming mug of tea sits next to her. He's waving his opposite hand to say hello. \End ID]
Modest Person: I dress modest as a choice! I do it for my own personal reasons or for faith, but it's my choice. It's more than just dressing this way, to me modesty is-
Everyone: Oh mY gOsH! WhO's MaKiNg yOu Do ThAt? I fEel sO bAd fOr YoU!!!!
Modest Person: Oh-It's actually my choice
Everyone: I jUsT fEeL SoOoO bAd? WaNt To bOrrOw My ClOtheS? I wOn'T teLL.
Vs.
Influencer: *wears a modest outfit in a pic*
Everyone: Omg! What a cute trend! Long skirts are sooo cute!
Return of the hijabi Starfleet officer! Now with friends and a promotion.
[Image Description: Digital artwork of three Starfleet officers in an astrometrics lab like the one on Voyager. They likewise wear Voyager-era uniforms. Closest to the foreground, a black hijabi woman in operations gold stands at a control panel with her back to the viewer. To her left stands a brown-skinned hijabi lieutenant in sciences blue, looking up at a nebula on the display with a smile. A light-skinned Bajoran ensign also in blue with long curly black hair stands beside the lieutenant, grinning over at her excitedly. /end ID]