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bibookworm's review
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5.0
5/5 Stars. Blood Orange by Yaffa As is a beautiful collection of poems. Yaffa As’ writing is haunting and beautiful and I definitely can’t wait to hear more from them. This collection explores identify and culture in an achingly beautiful way.
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Graphic: War and Colonisation
jayisreading's review against another edition
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4.0
I admit that I have mixed feelings about this collection. To focus on what I really liked, I think the way Mx. Yaffa wrote about Palestinian people, history, and memory is nothing short of powerful. This is a really short collection, yet Mx. Yaffa delivers so much emotion (much of which is rightfully coming from anger and grief) in each poem, expressing a desire for a decolonized world where they and other indigenous peoples around the world can live in peace. In addition to their Palestinian identity, Mx. Yaffa also draws attention to being trans, going further to show these two identities are interlocking. Somewhat relatedly, I thought the poem, “Marginalized,” did a great job reflecting on the struggles that marginalized peoples face.
What didn’t work for me was the general style of these poems. It’s not the kind of poetry that I particularly like, though it seems to work well for many others. It wasn’t a matter of having difficulty getting into the collection (quite the contrary, I thought it was quite accessible); it’s just a “it’s not you, it’s me” situation.
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Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Colonisation, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Islamophobia, Transphobia, and Racism
yourbookishbff's review against another edition
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This is a deeply personal collection of poems reflecting on the various intersections of identity. As a trans Palestinian living in diaspora, Mx. Yaffa addresses the ongoing genocide of Palestinians and its impact on Palestinians worldwide.
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Moderate: Genocide, Colonisation, Violence, and Transphobia
jennireadsmaybe's review
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Talk about a poetry collection that everyone should read!! Mx. Yaffa (They/She) tackles grief caused by the ongoing genocide in Palestine and looks to a future that will be free of settler colonialism. Pieces that stuck out to me in this collection are One Genocide, Every Fiber, Trans and Palestine, Count, Marginalized, and Land back.
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Graphic: Genocide and Colonisation
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
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3.5
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Graphic: Colonisation and Genocide
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Racism, and Transphobia
letsgolesbians's review
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trans palestinian poetry 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
blood orange is a collection of poetry published in november by mx yaffa (they/she), a disabled, autistic, trans, queer, muslim palestinian. in this collection, they write about the genocide, the diaspora, queerness and pinkwashing, and indigeneity. one stanza from the poem stars keeps coming back to me:
a child stares at the same stars
but theirs comes
to meet them
phosphor filling
their lungs
i encourage everyone to read this and talk about it as a way to resist the narrative that queer and trans palestinians don’t exist, or that they exist but are unloved. let’s continue to push back against pinkwashing—our liberation is connected.
TWs genocide, death, murder, pinkwashing
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Graphic: Colonisation and Genocide
thenerdybookwitch's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful. Amazing. Adore this book. It is a short and important collection of poetry. Highly recommend this book, read it.
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Graphic: Colonisation, Cursing, Islamophobia, Death, Genocide, and Grief
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