Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

40 reviews

male_soley's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I picked up this book to learn more about the intersection of being queer and Muslim (as a queer non-religious person in a Christianity dominated country) and I feel like my goal was accomplished and even more. I gained new insights and I felt with Kayla throughout the book. The non linearity was unexpected and left me a little bit confused at times but that doesn't change at all how much I enjoyed the book. I felt so many different emotions while reading and I'm just really glad I bought this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Colonisation, and Deportation

sadhbhprice's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Deportation

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy

clarabooksit's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Violence

joensign's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Deportation

Moderate: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

abnormal_shadow's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

I loved this book so much. I love the way that they incorporate different aspects of their identity and how the book is not a jumbled chronological mess of their deepest insecurities. Instead, it is separated into different stories, just like the Quran is. Even with the mention of Hijab in the title I didn't expect Islam to be such a deep facete of their life because of the way the people around me interact with religion but it was refreshing to see a new perspective on religion especially one had been meaning to  reasearch on my own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Classism

madanxiety's review

5.0

My reading got interrupted by Spotify's listening limited halfway thru, but I finally finished. There were a lot of relatable moments. What I love about memoirs is that they often verbalize life lessons in a way that you've experienced, but never verbalized yourself. Anyway, I also liked how it is structured around the stories of the Quran being applied to the author's different experiences and lessons. I love a narrative through-line. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

shaun_dh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This memoir is stunning. Lamya H’s writing is beautiful and I particularly enjoyed the juxtaposition of her stories with stories from the Quran, which I have never read nor known anything about

It’s pretty amazing that I saw so much of myself in the author—me, a cis femme Biracial Black atheist witch dyke—especially in the final chapter. It feels like that chapter could have been written for me

This book is for anyone who has felt othered, anyone who is curious about religious interpretation, anyone who is interested in differing perspectives. Anyone with an open mind. Really, I think everyone needs to read this

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

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: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Islamophobia, and Lesbophobia

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