Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H

52 reviews

coolingrack's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Racism, and Homophobia

moxiemin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia and Homophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse

lizziaha's review against another edition

hopeful

4.25

I have a lot of respect and admiration for religious queer people. I think it requires a great deal of introspection and hope and trust in a higher power; I envy that kind of faith. And I think it can make your queerness more complicated and also more beautiful. And I think that’s a line that Lamya walks in this book. The format of her experiences intertwined with parables from the Quran worked really well for this. And for me it was interesting to see this aspect of religion. Since I was raised Christian, many of the stories were familiar, with additions, subtractions, and adjustments that occasionally changed the whole shape of the story. And Lamya’s interpretations turn them into something even more powerful. This too feels familiar. I remember shaping my own faith in a way that many other members of my religion did not relate to. It is such a holy act of love and self-love and I’m glad to see it recorded her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Deportation, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

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

emilyjmasters's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

This was incredible. The way the author frames her journey to accepting and loving herself and her queerness through the stories of the Quran was really touching to me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

psammophilus's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Islamophobia

aecatec's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Pregnancy

_puberty2's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a beautifully written memoir. The way Lamya reflects on their life through parts of the Quran is nothing short of poetic. Her relationships with God and faith are so heartwarming to see as someone who grew up in religion and paid witness to the toxicity that it can elicit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Homophobia, Classism, and Racism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

kawaii_rose's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is both heart-wrenching and inspiring, and it has helped me embrace my identity as a queer Muslim.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Islamophobia

Moderate: Xenophobia and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse and Deportation

maddramaqueen's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Classism, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Slavery, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Body horror, and Biphobia