Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

33 reviews

sknappy1's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Transphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Domestic abuse

emmehooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book does a beautiful job of intertwining the author’s experiences with queerness, faithfulness, immigration, racism, xenophobia, and biological and chosen family (to name a few).

I loved the structure of the book and the way they aligned the themes of different religious texts with themes of their life.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Biphobia

hi_its_micah's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Transphobia

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

itsradsmads's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

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

serenityfound's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Racism, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

One of the best books I've read all year, beautifully performed.

bashsbooks's review

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

bessjoyce's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Transphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Islamophobia

jiwiz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

First book I finished in a while and I'm so glad my library had this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Islamophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse