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A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby
4 reviews
nmcannon's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Grief, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence
Minor: Police brutality
Chacaby doesn't dwell on the horrible things that happened to her. She's very matter of fact. I would tag most of the content warnings as "Minor," but some occur with such frequency that I bumped them up to "Moderate" or "Graphic."aus10england's review against another edition
5.0
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.
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
bobbi's review
4.0
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
deestraith's review
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Rape
Moderate: Drug use, Hate crime, Racism, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Genocide
Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness