Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

37 reviews

arayo's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, and Deportation

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

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

ren_the_hobbit's review

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: Misogyny, Racism, and Toxic relationship

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

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

torturedreadersdept's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

meagan123's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Biphobia and Slavery

shoohoob's review

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, 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: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

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

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, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Islamophobia