The Audacious Book Club: Hijab Butch Blues

On this month's selection.

Mar 06, 2023

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The cover of Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. There is a blurb from Glennon Doyle, the book's title in large blue block letters and the image of a woman wearing hijab, looking away from the reader, set against swaths of color--light blue, orange, red, and green.

When Leslie Feinberg published Stone Butch Blues in 1993, it was considered one of the finest novels ever written about the complexities of both the lesbian experience and the transgender experience. Feinberg, who described hirself as "an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist” called the …

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The Audacious Book Club: Hijab Butch Blues

On this month's selection.

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