![]() ![]() She stared at one for a few moments, wondering if my father had changed his mind and was marrying someone else instead. And there was my mother, who was notified of her own name change only when her wedding invitations arrived from the printer. They couldn’t drive their cars without their husbands, let alone ride a motorcycle. There were my aunts, who would never be caught socializing without their husbands present-certainly not publicly. I’d only ever been surrounded by women who didn’t have the blueprint for claiming their lives. Send in your art and book recommendations if you wanna see them on one of our daily posts!ġ. a triumphant memoir of forgiveness and family, both chosen and not, we have always been here is a rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt out of place and a testament to the power of fearlessly inhabiting one's truest self.” - description taken from goodreads so begins an exploration of faith, art, love, and queer sexuality, a journey that takes her to the far reaches of the globe to uncover a truth that was within her all along. the men in her life wanted to police her, the women in her life had only shown her the example of pious obedience, and her body was a problem to be solved. backed into a corner, her need for a safe space-in which to grow and nurture her creative, feminist spirit-became dire. ![]() when her family came to canada as refugees, samra encountered a whole new host of challenges: bullies, racism, the threat of poverty, and an arranged marriage. from her parents, she internalized the lesson that revealing her identity could put her in grave danger. as an ahmadi muslim growing up in pakistan, she faced regular threats from islamic extremists who believed the small, dynamic sect to be blasphemous. Non-fiction: we have always been here: a queer muslim memoir by samra habib “samra habib has spent most of her life searching for the safety to be herself. ![]() ![]() and when she does, hetty learns that there's more to their story, to their life at raxter, than she could have ever thought true.” - description taken from goodreads they wait for the cure they were promised as the tox seeps into everything.īut when byatt goes missing, hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie beyond the fence. now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don't dare wander outside the school's fence, where the tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. since the tox hit and pulled hetty's life out from under her. The wifi where i’m staying is abysmal so i was unable to post this yesterday! two posts again today!įiction: wilder girls by rory power “it's been eighteen months since the raxter school for girls was put under quarantine. ![]()
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