Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby

10 reviews

kchin's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An important voice we must listen to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Violence, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Child death, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Racism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Sexism, and Sexual assault

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Rape, Child death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Genocide, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, and Suicide

lanid's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Child death, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Toxic relationship

literarylarisa's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

mirireads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Addiction, Racism, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

aus10england's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Wow. This is one of the best memoirs I have ever read. 

It hit on all levels, such an eye-opening, inspiring, reflective, and deeply personal read. The authors really did the subject’s stories justice. Ma-nee has lived many, many lives, and the world is lucky to have this published work to live on forever. 

I appreciated the afterwords of this book, that explained how the publication came to be, since the subject of the memoir has vision issues that would make writing a book from start to finish difficult. So much went into it, and it made me appreciate the book even more. 

Overall, this book is severely overlooked, and should be read by anybody who wants to better understand native (queer) identities and culture. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Sexism, Death of parent, Medical content, Self harm, Outing, Bullying, Misogyny, Suicide, Cancer, and Infertility

Minor: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Miscarriage

caidyn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.75

A gorgeous book. It has a lot going on in it but, ultimately, it's an uplifting story of a woman coming into her own and discovering herself. It's never too late to come out as queer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

tascaraudo's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

4.0

I am not used to reading autobiographies... I appreciate that Ma-Nee shared her story in this book. It feels very vulnerable, honest, and raw. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

bobbi's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Addiction, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Racism, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

laurenleigh's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

It’s hard to know where even to start here. This was incredible. First off, I want to give Ma-Nee Chacaby the biggest hug. I am so grateful that she has chosen to set her story to paper. Chacaby has faced unfathomable hardships in her life. The hits just kept on coming. That she has even survived, let alone come out the other side healthy and stable and able to recount these stories is remarkable. I bow down to her strength, resolve, spirituality, and ability to connect to love despite everything. Her stories really got me thinking about cycles of abuse. I’ve read briefly about how alcoholism is unfortunately common in many Native communities, especially among survivors of residential schools. But hearing about it first hand from Chacaby was something else entirely. (Not that she herself went to a residential school, but she faced unthinkable trauma regardless.) There are so many webs of abuse, addiction, poverty, and violence, and their intersections are deadly. Near the end of her memoir, Chacaby notes how there’s not many queer female Indigenous elders. She thinks about all her friends and family that have died along the way, often directly because of these webs of abuse. And then it got me thinking about how where these abuse cycles began, and it’s pretty much always white supremacy. I think it’s so important for white Americans and Canadians to listen to Indigenous stories, and reflect on how we can take part in disrupting these harmful cycles. Chacaby‘s story as a disabled, lesbian, two spirit Ojibwa-Cree is one I will never forget.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Racism