Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

27 reviews

mfrisk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

I read this book for a Queer book club I started and so the discussions we had around this book and the additional depth I gained from hearing how others felt about this book definitely shaped how I read and understood it. I felt that this book overall was very impactful and would highly recommend it as a book for book club groups as it gets into a variety of topics surrounding intersectional queerness including how queerness intersects with race, religion, immigration status, physical appearance, and how to navigate relationships, change, and to strive towards a better and more just world. 

I think this book was incredibly impactful and really the main gripes I had with the book were focused on the structure of the book itself. At times more towards the first half of the book the switches between childhood and adulthood felt more jarring in terms of the flow of the story as well as the interweaving of stories from the Quran. While I saw the value in the stories being told and the reflection it made the book slower to get into initially but became more relevant as the book went on to better understand Lamya’s later adulthood experiences and their changing ways of navigating different spaces. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

hamletslover's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Islamophobia, Bullying, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

ren_the_hobbit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book hit really hard. It’s insanely well written and I cried multiple times just from feeling so seen. I also appreciated chapters about experiences different from mine as I am a white person born in the USA and so it’s extra important to listen to other viewpoints. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, and Misogyny

auteaandtales's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Deportation

Minor: Genocide, Abandonment, Colonisation, Alcohol, Classism, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Gun violence

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

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

meagan123's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Classism, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Slavery and Biphobia

shoohoob's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

moonytoast's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Misogyny, and Islamophobia

Minor: Physical abuse, Deportation, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia