Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

13 reviews

annamay1021's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racial slurs

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

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

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Being queer on top of being an immigrant on top of being Asian on top of being a woman - that’s been a difficult journey. Each identity is always complex, but altogether, it’s a tightly tangled giant ball of yarn. So while I couldn’t completely identify with her, given I’m an atheist, I could understand a lot of what she talked about from my perspective, and it felt like she might understand me too, which is why I loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

dragonlilly's review

dark medium-paced

3.0

This is a brave memoir about a multitude of things, addressing existence, racism, islamophobia, love and dating, family, queerness, the choice to wear hijab, the desire to fight for what is right, among smaller subtopics. I thought the comparison between the author's situations and stories from the Quran was interesting and extremely well done, and is a good example for others who are religious and use the word to connect with God and make better sense of their situation without feeling alone. It was also interesting seeing the differences between the Bible and Quran, mostly with the story of Mary/Maryam. I was unsure about the author's specific interpretations of these stories at times, mainly with the author saying Mary must not have an attraction to men at all when it was probably more so her devotion to God that overpowered any feelings she would have for the angel that appeared to her. I really did enjoy the Quran comparisons, but was also somehow expecting more from them as well as a discussion of other sections. There was however a very explicit scene of self-harm that is not performed, if I am remembering it correctly, but imagined by the author's younger self who in a way idealized death as a way to disappear. This scene happened so suddenly and I am surprised I got through some of it on the audiobook before hurriedly skipping it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

amberlfaris's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Islamophobia

Moderate: Biphobia and Domestic abuse

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

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

tinyjude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I am rendered speechless after finishing this book. I cannot recommend it enough. 

My life and experiences are very different from Lamya but I couldn't stop relating to her, her fears, struggles, philosophical and religious interpretations and adoring every second of it. Every new vision, every shift in perspective on so many aspects of life. The carefully and gorgeously crafted stories she tells, how she centers women throughout the whole book, how she believes fervently and beautifully in a gender genderqueer God (Allah), how we get to know so many different queer people that end up forming a community, how she navigates gender in a nonconforming way that truly spoke to my heart... How she navigates all those episodes in her life and comes to be the person who created this incredible book. I hope she keeps fighting in her own ways and she receives all the love she deserves and previously negated herself. Truly an indispensable read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Biphobia and Slavery