Former prime minister Scott Morrison has called on “Islamic institutions” to be held to account for “radicalised extremist Islam”. He may frame it as a matter of security or responsibility, but for people like me, a visibly Muslim woman, these words do not land in the abstract. They land on our bodies, safety and daily lives. I experience commentary not as a policy debate, but as a tightening of my chest when I board public transport, as double takes and lingering stares, as my presence becoming a question mark that must be explained or defended.