Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

32 reviews

ghost_rider's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

tinyjude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I am rendered speechless after finishing this book. I cannot recommend it enough. 

My life and experiences are very different from Lamya but I couldn't stop relating to her, her fears, struggles, philosophical and religious interpretations and adoring every second of it. Every new vision, every shift in perspective on so many aspects of life. The carefully and gorgeously crafted stories she tells, how she centers women throughout the whole book, how she believes fervently and beautifully in a gender genderqueer God (Allah), how we get to know so many different queer people that end up forming a community, how she navigates gender in a nonconforming way that truly spoke to my heart... How she navigates all those episodes in her life and comes to be the person who created this incredible book. I hope she keeps fighting in her own ways and she receives all the love she deserves and previously negated herself. Truly an indispensable read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Police brutality

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Biphobia and Slavery

moniipeters's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Outing, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Sexism

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Hijab Butch Blues flawlessly demonstrates the complex interplay between religion, queerness, race, and immigration. It follows the life of the pseudonymous Lamya H, who is from an unnamed Southeastern Asian country, grew up in an unnamed Arab country, and eventually moved to the United States. I especially enjoyed the interweaving of the stories from the Quran and their application to Lamya's personal life and struggles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Misogyny, Classism, Lesbophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Deportation

casira's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, Abandonment, Bullying, Xenophobia, Racism, Misogyny, Outing, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, and Lesbophobia

All of the warnings should be fairly obvious going into this. The material is hard to contend with at times, but very very worth it.

serenedancer's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.75

It was a really interesting book where the relationship between Islam and lesbianism was discussed. I found the characters and the writing style great. 

I also loved the breakdown of the book into the different prophets, as it was well divided and covered different parts of her life but was still easy to follow. 

It's also really interesting as someone who grew up Christian to see the figures from the bible and how they are shown in the Quran. But if you have no religious background, that's not gonna hinder you in the reading. 

I would recommend this for basically everyone as it is both non-fiction, and fiction. Not that there is stuff that seem unbelievable but overall the book also works if you read it from a fiction standpoint.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Islamophobia, and Homophobia

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

sierras12's review against another edition

4.0

Really interesting, made me think about religious parables in a way i’d never considered before. You have to be okay with feeling your big sad queer feelings when reading this though (and reading a lot of racism/colorism/xenophobia) because despite the hopeful note that most chapters end with there’s a lot of pain. I’d recommend it but I can’t say it left me feeling good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

jpitts's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

This was an incredibly well-crafted, hard-hitting memoir. I was super impressed by the parallels the author drew between her own life and the Quran and how well everything flowed and came together. It had me thinking and feeling a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, and Xenophobia

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The way this was written in relation each of the chapters/ important figures from the Quran gave me (a non Muslim, cis hetero woman) insight I learned so much about from the perspective of a queer non binary Muslim person. While there was a tiny bit that was repetitive, the questioning & awareness they go through seems to be something that I’m sure everyone must have experienced at least once. I can’t speak about the insight Lamya H makes about several passages that are in the Quran but I can say that their frankness was something I haven’t seen in a while in a memoir when discussing religion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry