Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

33 reviews

orizenda's review

reflective medium-paced

3.75

I don’t entirely know what to say about this. What can you say about someone else’s musings on their life. When I fully realized why Lamya wrote under a pseudonym. My heart just hurts that people have to live hiding themselves. Not that I don’t do that too. Anyway, I learned a lot about Islam. As someone who was raised christian and isn’t very religious at all now, I don’t feel that I’ve really had many opportunities to learn much about Islam, so hearing the stories told by Lamya was really interesting for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia, Homophobia, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia

amina_writes_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

this books written narrative style is not at all unique from a literary point of view. There's allot of harsh transitions initially from the writers early days to present day at the start of the narrative, then this drops off entirely. The focus on the various prophets is unique, however Ill executed. And as the author "radicalizes" in her journey, her interpretations of the Quran become more and more abstract, and less and less backed by the tasfirs she supposedly has read. As someone who was raised a practicing Muslim and who is also queer, this book only highlights the abusive and oppressive nature of Islam as a whole. Very let down by this read as it had so much promise for many like me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Classism, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Deportation and Domestic abuse

julalbert56's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was a moving and powerful addition to Stone Butch Blues. I cried a few times… the way Lamya structured the story and interwove the Quran into her life was very well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Transphobia, and Homophobia

jackofalltheys's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Islamophobia

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

mbzoller's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Racism, Abandonment, Islamophobia, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Colonisation

torturedreadersdept's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cursing, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Outing, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Islamophobia, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Ableism, Abandonment, Hate crime, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Deportation, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

stuckinatimeloop's review against another edition

5.0

loved this so much. as a queer muslim south asian "girl" who grew up in the middle east, this was really relatable to me. i absolutely love the way she uses stories from the quran as parallels to her own story, and makes me appreciate those stories and characters even more. much needed masterpiece of a book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Rape

shoohoob's review

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Classism

trix_lyn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

I got through this book way too fast. It was a beautiful read and I loved reading the stories from the Quran and the similarities & differences from their Biblical counterparts. And the way the author connected her experiences with gender, sexuality, race, & class to these stories. Some of them definitely opened my eyes to some of my own personal pitfalls & problems I make for myself. I hope the author publishes more in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Islamophobia, and Homophobia