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A review by theeuphoriczat
Sex Bomb by Sadia Azmat
4.0
This is a memoir that explores not just sexuality and religion but the hyper sexualization that is caused by the fetishization of religion (or at least cultures shaped by religion). Sadia tables her experiences from
- growing up in an Indian household in Britain (Watching her father try and struggle to be the perfect British, while her mum was trying to be the perfect Indian wife and how isolating that was);
- observing the rise in fetishization of Asian women and girls;
-the realisation and power of her own quiet sexuality;
-her choice of faith (choosing to wear the hijab and the swift change in the lends with which the world began to see her - from people outside the community, curious or afraid OR from people within the community that use puritanical believes to shame and condemn their fellow sisters);
-Even her thoughts on dating cross culturally;
-her view on mental health and the lack of conversation around it in ethnic communities.
This is not just a tale of a life but a through-provoking book that questions believes that we hold about religion and femininity & female sexuality. I have to say that I have never read a book like this, that so plainly and unabashedly unboxes the truth and impact of prejudice within a community. I mean it one thing for the outside world to judge you but it is more painful when the blows come from within.
I really loved it a lot and Sadia's sense of humour is just the best. Sex Bomb is a revelation and a question that we all never to know and answer ultimately.
- growing up in an Indian household in Britain (Watching her father try and struggle to be the perfect British, while her mum was trying to be the perfect Indian wife and how isolating that was);
- observing the rise in fetishization of Asian women and girls;
-the realisation and power of her own quiet sexuality;
-her choice of faith (choosing to wear the hijab and the swift change in the lends with which the world began to see her - from people outside the community, curious or afraid OR from people within the community that use puritanical believes to shame and condemn their fellow sisters);
-Even her thoughts on dating cross culturally;
-her view on mental health and the lack of conversation around it in ethnic communities.
This is not just a tale of a life but a through-provoking book that questions believes that we hold about religion and femininity & female sexuality. I have to say that I have never read a book like this, that so plainly and unabashedly unboxes the truth and impact of prejudice within a community. I mean it one thing for the outside world to judge you but it is more painful when the blows come from within.
I really loved it a lot and Sadia's sense of humour is just the best. Sex Bomb is a revelation and a question that we all never to know and answer ultimately.