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starduststyx's review against another edition
5.0
This memoir was so hopeful and just inspired me to be more kind especially towards myself. We don't all need to make ourselves indispensable.
I'm so excited to get to hear from them this May because they're doing a talk for OIT's bookclub!! And for the fiction work when it eventually comes out 💖
Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Self harm
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Racism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Deportation and Domestic abuse
raysreads's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Homophobia
wanderlust_romance's review against another edition
4.25
Hijab Butch Blues examines a bevy of intersections: immigrant, South Asian, Muslim, queer, feminist, and gender nonconformity, to name just a few. It was absolutely fascinating to read the parallels between the stories of the Quran, their teachings, interpretations, and moral questions, and see those interwoven with anecdotes of the author's own life. The memoir is a reflection on what it has meant to live as a queer, gender non-conforming, and in their own description a "visible Muslim" (ie. hijab wearing) immigrant both within and outside of the United States. They enumerate the specific challenges in navigating relationships with the queer community, being made to feel "not gay enough," being critiqued for adhering to an organized religion. They discuss their struggles to come out, how their coming out is received, how it can change or sever relationships. They relate with openness and vulnerability their racist experiences within the United States (New York in particular) as a brown skinned visibly Muslim person. They relay the challenges of navigating immigration, unceasing bureaucracy, ridiculous medical examinations required by their visa reapplications, and how early on they were explicitly instructed on what documents to carry and how to comport themself when faced with questioning from authorities. Most profoundly, Hijab Butch Blues reinforces that there is no set timeline for any of these reflections. That they are all a meaningful part of learning, unlearning, growth, and maturity. There is no perfect path. There is the one we take; the one we learn from; the bonds we form along the way.
Graphic: Islamophobia, Xenophobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Toxic relationship and Suicidal thoughts
ladythana's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Islamophobia, and Abandonment
Minor: Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Police brutality, and Emotional abuse
matmatmatty's review against another edition
5.0
Really showed what it meant to be a queer Muslim, to be an immigrant, to be an "other" in your community.
This one really got me.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
ren_the_hobbit's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, and Misogyny
abyissmal's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Islamophobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Domestic abuse
julalbert56's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Transphobia, and Homophobia
greatjobmeredith's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Racism