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Hijab Butch Blues: New Understandings When Lamya tells stories she’s heard about the Jinn, she intersperses them with experiences of colorism and racism in both the Middle East and t…

Mar 19

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Hijab Butch Blues: Coming Out In the first two chapters of this section, Lamya talks about her different experiences coming out and trying to find her place within both the q…

Mar 21

Hijab Butch Blues: An Origin Story In the first section of the book, Lamya discusses her adolescent years and her desire to die, or more accurately, to never have existed. One day…

Mar 17

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The Survivalists: One Last Thing Kashana Cauley dedicated The Survivalists to everyone who’s ever fired her, which is funny and petty in the best way. What do you think Cauley w…

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The Survivalists: All Things Come to an End The final act of the novel follows the collapse of Aretha’s career, her relationship, and the literal collapse of the home she’s been living in.…

Feb 27

The Survivalists: Black Preparations In popular media, preppers are generally painted as paranoid right-wing or libertarian white men. Brittany, a black woman, is the most dedicated…

Feb 25

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