🏳️‍⚧️ Hijra Community

An intimate look into the lives of hijras—South Asia's third-gender community—exploring their rituals, resilience, and the complex social margins they inhabit.

She/He/They/Me

by Robyn Ryle • 2019

Pick a gender path and see where it leads: an interactive tour of the binary and beyond.

3.40

545

🏗️ Gender Construction 👥 Gender Socialization 🌍 Third Gender Traditions 🗿 Patriarchy ⚧️ Intersex Rights

She/He/They/Me 88%

Pick a gender path and see where it leads: an interactive tour of the binary and beyond.

by Robyn Ryle 2019

3.40

545 ratings

🏗️ Gender Construction 👥 Gender Socialization 🌍 Third Gender Traditions 🗿 Patriarchy ⚧️ Intersex Rights

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

by Arundhati Roy • 2017

In an Old Delhi graveyard, a transgender woman builds a sanctuary for everyone the city discards.

3.56

40k+

🇮🇳 Postcolonial India 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👧 Trans Motherhood 🏔️ Kashmir Conflict 🕸️ Interwoven Lives

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Summary

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness 88%

In an Old Delhi graveyard, a transgender woman builds a sanctuary for everyone the city discards.

by Arundhati Roy 2017

3.56

40k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Postcolonial India 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👧 Trans Motherhood 🏔️ Kashmir Conflict 🕸️ Interwoven Lives

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

4.16

20k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

We Have Always Been Here 88%

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019

4.16

20k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir 💔 Religious Trauma 🫂 Inclusive Islam

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

by Juno Dawson • 2021

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

4.32

2k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms 🚪 Coming Out ✊ Trans Rights

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary Summary

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary 88%

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

by Juno Dawson 2021

4.32

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms 🚪 Coming Out ✊ Trans Rights

Normal

by Amy Bloom • 2002

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

3.53

526

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights ⚧ Beyond The Gender Binary ⚕ Medical Ethics

Normal 88%

Trans men, crossdressers, and intersex activists: their lives reveal normal is a myth.

by Amy Bloom 2002

3.53

526 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Studies 📰 Narrative Journalism 💛 Intersex Rights ⚧ Beyond The Gender Binary ⚕ Medical Ethics

Transgender History

by Susan Stryker • 2008

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

4.22

6k+

📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ✊ Feminist Sex Wars

Transgender History 88%

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

by Susan Stryker 2008

4.22

6k+ ratings

📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ✊ Feminist Sex Wars

Trans Like Me

by C.N. Lester • 2017

Media distortion and medical myth keep trans lives invisible. A personal unlearning of both.

4.27

2k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 📰 Media Criticism ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🌈 Gender Diversity 🩺 Trans Health Care

Trans Like Me 88%

Media distortion and medical myth keep trans lives invisible. A personal unlearning of both.

by C.N. Lester 2017

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 📰 Media Criticism ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🌈 Gender Diversity 🩺 Trans Health Care

Beyond the Gender Binary

by Alok Vaid-Menon • 2020

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

4.48

13k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🎭 Shame And Identity

Beyond the Gender Binary 88%

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

by Alok Vaid-Menon 2020

4.48

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🎭 Shame And Identity

Becoming Nicole

by Amy Ellis Nutt • 2015

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

4.22

13k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity 🧒 Trans Youth 💊 Medical Transition

Becoming Nicole 88%

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

by Amy Ellis Nutt 2015

4.22

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity 🧒 Trans Youth 💊 Medical Transition

The T in LGBT

by Jamie Raines • 2023

A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.

4.53

1k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity 🔄 Gender Transition 📖 Trans Memoir 💔 Gender Dysphoria 🚪 Coming Out

The T in LGBT 88%

A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.

by Jamie Raines 2023

4.53

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity 🔄 Gender Transition 📖 Trans Memoir 💔 Gender Dysphoria 🚪 Coming Out

Sex and Lies

by Leïla Slimani • 2017

Morocco demands female purity while excusing male excess. The women bearing the cost finally speak.

3.96

5k+

🕌 Women In Islam 🔒 Virginity Culture 🔇 Sexual Repression 🎙️ Oral History 👮 Body Policing

Sex and Lies 88%

Morocco demands female purity while excusing male excess. The women bearing the cost finally speak.

by Leïla Slimani 2017

3.96

5k+ ratings

🕌 Women In Islam 🔒 Virginity Culture 🔇 Sexual Repression 🎙️ Oral History 👮 Body Policing

Pass with Care

by Cooper Lee Bombardier • 2020

A trans man's essays: the desert, the bar, the body, and the long work of belonging.

4.50

171

🏳️‍⚧️ Transmasculinity 🛠️ Working-Class Queer 🌊 Gender Fluidity 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Pass with Care 87%

A trans man's essays: the desert, the bar, the body, and the long work of belonging.

by Cooper Lee Bombardier 2020

4.50

171 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transmasculinity 🛠️ Working-Class Queer 🌊 Gender Fluidity 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

In the Land of Invisible Women

by Qanta A. Ahmed • 2008

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

3.74

8k+

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation 🧕 Veiling And Identity 🕋 Islamic Pilgrimage

In the Land of Invisible Women 87%

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008

3.74

8k+ ratings

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation 🧕 Veiling And Identity 🕋 Islamic Pilgrimage

Hijab Butch Blues

by Lamya H. • 2023

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

4.46

20k+

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

Hijab Butch Blues 87%

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

by Lamya H. 2023

4.46

20k+ ratings

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

Untitled

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh • 2016

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

3.76

1k+

🗣️ Muslim Women's Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💻 Digital Activism 🌉 Hyphenated Identity

Untitled 87%

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh 2016

3.76

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Muslim Women's Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💻 Digital Activism 🌉 Hyphenated Identity

He Said, She Said

by Gigi Gorgeous • 2019

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

3.65

400

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

He Said, She Said 87%

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

by Gigi Gorgeous 2019

3.65

400 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

Danger Music

by Eddie Ayres • 2017

Afghan girls risk death to play cello. Their teacher risks everything to become himself.

4.05

678

🎵 Music Education 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 🎒 Teaching Amid War 👩‍🎓 Women's Education 🎻 Musician Memoir

Danger Music 87%

Afghan girls risk death to play cello. Their teacher risks everything to become himself.

by Eddie Ayres 2017

4.05

678 ratings

🎵 Music Education 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 🎒 Teaching Amid War 👩‍🎓 Women's Education 🎻 Musician Memoir

Infidel

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • 2006

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

4.20

93k+

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation ⚖️ Honor Culture ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Infidel 87%

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation ⚖️ Honor Culture ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

3.70

5k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Lipstick Jihad 86%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

If the Oceans Were Ink

by Carla Power • 2015

A year studying the Quran with a traditional sheikh cost a secular journalist all her certainties.

4.12

2k+

📖 Quranic Studies 🧕 Women In Islam 🌱 Progressive Islam ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Religious Literacy

If the Oceans Were Ink 86%

A year studying the Quran with a traditional sheikh cost a secular journalist all her certainties.

by Carla Power 2015

4.12

2k+ ratings

📖 Quranic Studies 🧕 Women In Islam 🌱 Progressive Islam ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Religious Literacy

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

by Ranya Tabari Idliby • 2014

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

3.47

204

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia 🌉 Cultural Assimilation 📖 Progressive Islam

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie 86%

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

by Ranya Tabari Idliby 2014

3.47

204 ratings

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia 🌉 Cultural Assimilation 📖 Progressive Islam

The Upstairs Wife

by Rafia Zakaria • 2015

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

3.78

1k+

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir 🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Pakistani Politics

The Upstairs Wife 86%

A family memoir that is also the history of Pakistan, seen from the women's quarters.

by Rafia Zakaria 2015

3.78

1k+ ratings

🧳 Partition Of India 🧕 Muslim Women 🏡 Family Memoir 🗳️ Women In Politics 🏛️ Pakistani Politics

A History of Islam in 21 Women

by Hossein Kamaly • 2021

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

3.38

501

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

A History of Islam in 21 Women 86%

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

by Hossein Kamaly 2021

3.38

501 ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

Kabul Beauty School

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

26k+

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

Kabul Beauty School 86%

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2007

3.67

26k+ ratings

🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

Superman Is an Arab

by Joumana Haddad • 2012

An Arab feminist declares war on God, marriage, and the toxic myth of the invincible man.

3.53

682

🧕 Arab Feminism 👩 Middle Eastern Women 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🔥 Sexual Liberation ⛪ Religious Critique

Superman Is an Arab 86%

An Arab feminist declares war on God, marriage, and the toxic myth of the invincible man.

by Joumana Haddad 2012

3.53

682 ratings

🧕 Arab Feminism 👩 Middle Eastern Women 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🔥 Sexual Liberation ⛪ Religious Critique

Discover Your True North

by Bill George • 2015

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

3.9

1k+

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women ⛓️ State Oppression ✊ Memoir Of Resistance

Discover Your True North 86%

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

by Bill George 2015

3.9

1k+ ratings

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women ⛓️ State Oppression ✊ Memoir Of Resistance

Love That Story

by Jonathan Van Ness • 2022

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

4.09

8k+

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

Love That Story 86%

He thought vulnerability was weakness. HIV, trans rights, and a salon chair taught him otherwise.

by Jonathan Van Ness 2022

4.09

8k+ ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🧘 Body Neutrality 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 💊 Hiv Advocacy 🌿 Cannabis Reform

Nonbinary

by Genesis P-Orridge • 2021

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

4.00

577

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

Nonbinary 86%

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

by Genesis P-Orridge 2021

4.00

577 ratings

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

The Care We Dream Of

by Zena Sharman • 2021

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

4.37

211

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

The Care We Dream Of 86%

Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.

by Zena Sharman 2021

4.37

211 ratings

🩺 Health Justice ⚖️ Transformative Justice 🤝 Mutual Aid ♿ Disability Justice ✊ Body Liberation

The Making of Exile

by Nandita Bhavnani • 2014

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

4.17

145

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence 🏙️ Cultural Assimilation 🎙️ Oral History

The Making of Exile 86%

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

by Nandita Bhavnani 2014

4.17

145 ratings

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence 🏙️ Cultural Assimilation 🎙️ Oral History

Amateur

by Thomas Page McBee • 2018

A trans man's boxing match becomes a reckoning with what men are actually fighting.

4.20

4k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 📚 Masculinity Studies ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 👥 Socialization Of Men ❓ Gender Questioning

Amateur 86%

A trans man's boxing match becomes a reckoning with what men are actually fighting.

by Thomas Page McBee 2018

4.20

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 📚 Masculinity Studies ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 👥 Socialization Of Men ❓ Gender Questioning

The Road to Mecca

by Muhammad Asad • 1954

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

4.49

6k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality 🐪 Bedouin Life 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

The Road to Mecca 86%

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

by Muhammad Asad 1954

4.49

6k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality 🐪 Bedouin Life 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey • 2022

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

3.55

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Bad Gays 86%

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

by Huw Lemmey 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

In the Form of a Question

by Amy Schneider • 2023

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

3.51

3k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

In the Form of a Question 86%

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

by Amy Schneider 2023

3.51

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

Persian Girls

by Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

3.92

4k+

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

Persian Girls 86%

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

by Nahid Rachlin 2006

3.92

4k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity 👭 Sisterhood Bonds 👩 Iranian Women

The Underground Girls of Kabul

by Jenny Nordberg • 2014

Afghan families disguise daughters as sons for survival and status, but puberty calls a halt.

4.11

14k+

🇦🇫 Afghanistan Culture 👦 Son Preference 🚫 Gender Nonconformity 🎭 Gender As Performance 🤫 Quiet Resistance

The Underground Girls of Kabul 86%

Afghan families disguise daughters as sons for survival and status, but puberty calls a halt.

by Jenny Nordberg 2014

4.11

14k+ ratings

🇦🇫 Afghanistan Culture 👦 Son Preference 🚫 Gender Nonconformity 🎭 Gender As Performance 🤫 Quiet Resistance

بی‌حجاب

by Yasmine Mohammed • 2019

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

4.36

3k+

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism 💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 New Atheism

بی‌حجاب 86%

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

by Yasmine Mohammed 2019

4.36

3k+ ratings

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism 💔 Religious Trauma 🧠 New Atheism

Pageboy

by Elliot Page • 2023

A girlfriend saved as 'Ryan' in his phone. 84 pounds on the scale. Hollywood demanded both.

3.72

77k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Memoir 🪞 Gender Dysphoria 💔 Emotional Abuse 🥀 Eating Disorders

Pageboy 86%

A girlfriend saved as 'Ryan' in his phone. 84 pounds on the scale. Hollywood demanded both.

by Elliot Page 2023

3.72

77k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Memoir 🪞 Gender Dysphoria 💔 Emotional Abuse 🥀 Eating Disorders

All the Young Men

by Ruth Coker Burks • 2020

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

4.49

9k+

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism 💜 Chosen Family 🏥 Medical Advocacy

All the Young Men 86%

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

by Ruth Coker Burks 2020

4.49

9k+ ratings

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism 💜 Chosen Family 🏥 Medical Advocacy

The Thirty Names of Night

by Zeyn Joukhadar • 2020

A Syrian American trans man follows a ghost bird and a hidden diary toward becoming himself.

4.01

5k+

🦋 Trans Self-Discovery 📜 Hidden Queer History 🫂 Chosen Family 🌍 Arab American Lives 🎨 Art And Healing

The Thirty Names of Night 86%

A Syrian American trans man follows a ghost bird and a hidden diary toward becoming himself.

by Zeyn Joukhadar 2020

4.01

5k+ ratings

🦋 Trans Self-Discovery 📜 Hidden Queer History 🫂 Chosen Family 🌍 Arab American Lives 🎨 Art And Healing

Aman

by Virginia Lee Barnes • 1994

Famine. Circumcision. Child marriage. Aman survived all three before thirteen. Then came the choice.

3.78

814

🐪 Somali Culture 🌍 East Africa 👧 Girlhood And Tradition 👩🏾 Somali Women's Lives 💍 Arranged Marriage

Aman 86%

Famine. Circumcision. Child marriage. Aman survived all three before thirteen. Then came the choice.

by Virginia Lee Barnes 1994

3.78

814 ratings

🐪 Somali Culture 🌍 East Africa 👧 Girlhood And Tradition 👩🏾 Somali Women's Lives 💍 Arranged Marriage

Excellent Daughters

by Katherine Zoepf • 2016

Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.

3.88

1k+

👩 Arab Women 🕌 Islamic Feminism 🌸 Arab Spring ⚔️ Honor Cultures ⚠️ Sexual Violence

Excellent Daughters 86%

Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.

by Katherine Zoepf 2016

3.88

1k+ ratings

👩 Arab Women 🕌 Islamic Feminism 🌸 Arab Spring ⚔️ Honor Cultures ⚠️ Sexual Violence

Colonize This!

by Bushra Rehman • 2002

Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.

4.20

3k+

🔀 Intersectional Feminism ✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism 📚 Feminist Anthologies 🪪 Racial Identity 🧭 Cultural Navigation

Colonize This! 86%

Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.

by Bushra Rehman 2002

4.20

3k+ ratings

🔀 Intersectional Feminism ✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism 📚 Feminist Anthologies 🪪 Racial Identity 🧭 Cultural Navigation

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

by Scaachi Koul • 2017

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

3.72

14k+

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism 🪞 Body Image 📱 Online Harassment

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter Summary

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter 86%

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

by Scaachi Koul 2017

3.72

14k+ ratings

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism 🪞 Body Image 📱 Online Harassment

Sexing the Body

by Anne Fausto-Sterling • 2000

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

4.16

3k+

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism 🧠 Biological Essentialism 💉 Medical Ethics

Sexing the Body 86%

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

by Anne Fausto-Sterling 2000

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism 🧠 Biological Essentialism 💉 Medical Ethics

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action

by Arun Shourie • 1995

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

4.17

243

📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism 👳 Clerical Power 🔄 Islamic Reformism

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The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action 86%

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

by Arun Shourie 1995

4.17

243 ratings

📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism 👳 Clerical Power 🔄 Islamic Reformism

Love Thy Neighbor

by Ayaz Virji • 2019

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

4.14

2k+

🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia ☪️ Muslim Americans 📚 Religious Literacy

Love Thy Neighbor 86%

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

by Ayaz Virji 2019

4.14

2k+ ratings

🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia ☪️ Muslim Americans 📚 Religious Literacy

A Cup of Water Under My Bed

by Daisy Hernández • 2014

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

4.12

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✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

A Cup of Water Under My Bed 86%

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

by Daisy Hernández 2014

4.12

2k+ ratings

✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

A Nation of Idiots

by Daksh Tyagi • 2019

India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.

3.87

515

🇮🇳 Indian Society 🗳️ Indian Politics 🎭 Political Satire 🐑 Social Conformity 📺 Media Criticism

A Nation of Idiots 86%

India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.

by Daksh Tyagi 2019

3.87

515 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Society 🗳️ Indian Politics 🎭 Political Satire 🐑 Social Conformity 📺 Media Criticism

Saints and Misfits

by S.K. Ali • 2017

A hijabi teen hides her assault by a Quran memorizer, but silence can't protect her forever.

3.76

8k+

🧕 Hijabi Protagonist 🎭 Religious Hypocrisy ❤️ Interfaith Attraction 🗣️ Survivor Narrative 🤝 Community Accountability

Saints and Misfits 86%

A hijabi teen hides her assault by a Quran memorizer, but silence can't protect her forever.

by S.K. Ali 2017

3.76

8k+ ratings

🧕 Hijabi Protagonist 🎭 Religious Hypocrisy ❤️ Interfaith Attraction 🗣️ Survivor Narrative 🤝 Community Accountability

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