Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

It's Not About the Burqa by Mariam Khan

6 reviews

elys3's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia and Misogyny

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Racism, Religious bigotry, Cursing, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Blood, and Abortion

CW: one mention of Harry Potter

eib_21's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Colonisation, Self harm, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Racism

chloereadds's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

readingatthemuseum's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Racism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Cultural appropriation

amandalorianxo's review

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

 I'm going to preface this by saying I wasn't one hundred percent what to expect when I picked up this book. Fortunately, I'm glad I did. I was able to absorb and learn more than I originally thought about not only the Muslim faith but how much the media distorts so much of what we are told.
"For too long, Islam has been interpreted through the eyes of men." - this is an exact quote from one of the writers in the Chapter "A Woman of Substance." That quote stuck out to me (amongst others) in this essay. Despite me not being a Muslim myself - I learned and absorbed a lot of facts in this chapter about divorce that I was ignorant about previously when it came to divorce laws.

In Essay 1 - I definitely can see where Mona Eltahawy is coming from when she talked about how the right wing racists (the men) are quick to ignore that misogyny is not exclusive to Muslim men. For centuries - the patriarchy has always made up the rules and been the “voice” for women even though they have no idea what it’s like to be us nor do they find a problem in mistreating us when we aren’t “following their rules.” Why should they have the final say when women were never treated as equals in the first place.

Essay 2 - I definitely think a lot of older generation - mostly the boomers and maybe the gen x - was raised in somewhat Uber traditionally home values and there was sort of this group mindset where if you weren’t part of those values - you were immediately fair game to discuss/talk about even though it seems a little hypocritical to me when “gossip” shouldn’t be valued so high or encouraged so much. This definitely felt more like a personal chapter compared to some of the others but the insight was helpful.

I have to go back to my notebook to find more quotes that stuck out to me but I'm grateful to have been able to learn more than I ever have during my time in school. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Islamophobia, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse