Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

22 reviews

mitzybitzyspider's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Rape

offbrandclubsoda's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Racial slurs

parsa's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia

sabrina_d_arcy's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Islamophobia, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Racism

solenodon's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content and Violence

Arranged marriage, religious trauma

vitya_scottie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Classism, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia

garynoplastie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Incest, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Blood, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

gingerale06's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny

dania_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

It feels weird to rate a memoir. This book was such a personal story but it resonated with me since I have so much in common with the author. So many things made me tear up - her description of the ESL lessons she had as a first generation immigrant child reminded me of my own experience with them. Her feelings of both wanting and fearing becoming westernised reminded me of how I lost so much of my own mother tongue too. Something that really struck me is her strong conviction and hope to represent queer muslims as multifaceted - our stories are so often used for trauma porn, but she writes with so much hope and shows that there are so many of us, that we have loving and strong connections to each other, and that we've always been here and will not go easily. 

I 100% recommend this book, no matter your identity or knowledge of the LGBT+ community or Islam. If you relate to Samra's identity, you will see a lot of yourself in this; if you don't, you'll learn many new and brilliant and sometimes sad things.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Incest, and Bullying

readingwithkt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Islamophobia, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse