“I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave.” PhilosophyLanguage Book:Hijab Butch Blues Source: Hijab Butch Blues
“Decades later, my mother will throw out a casual remark about how easy I was as a teenager and I'll be shocked anew that she never knew, that she never even tried to know.” Parents And ChildrenTeenagersParents And Teenagers Book:Hijab Butch Blues Source: Hijab Butch Blues
“As if I’ve never held dear my feminist rage, never thought about how I feel so politically aligned with womanhood and yet hate inhabiting it, hate it when my body is read as such.” FeministGenderTransNon BinaryGenderqueer Book:Hijab Butch Blues Source: Hijab Butch Blues
“And in my family, my opinions were labeled extreme, crazy, feminist. As the years passed, I began to feel as if I was walking into every situation - school, work, my parents' home - already primed for battle.” FeminismActivism Book:Hijab Butch Blues Source: Hijab Butch Blues