Special episode alert!! (with a teeeensy delay) In this episode, we chat about The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood. We are joined by our esteeeeemed guest Alyzeh Ashraff to riff about social identity labels, her experience as a Muslim American, and what she wants to see in media. Reminder that next week, we start reading Transcendant Kingdom! Grab your copy and check our Instagram page (@booktok_podcast) for the schedule if you're reading along in real-time. 

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Books and papers mentioned in this episode: 

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza 

More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood 

Minor Feelings by Kathy Park Hong

James T. Carter’s paper on Black vs. African American Labels: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/african-american-labels

Missed Translations by Sopan Deb

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

All Adults Here by Emma Straub