Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

My Name's Yours, What's Alaska?: A Memoir by Alaska Thunderfuck 5000

7 reviews

kt2e56's review against another edition

funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

First of all…definitely make sure you do the audiobook. Alaska’s impressions and asides are all genius. I want her to read classic literature to me now. There are parts of these I loved (Alaska’s honesty about her substance abuse and toxic relationship and her own insecurities about herself and her relationship to fame) but it does sort of lose steam towards the end. I feel like big chunks of her story are missing and I would love to learn more. I also don’t need a Drag Race tell-all or anything and wouldn’t want her to be shady or gossipy but would have LOVED to hear more *fun* backstage stories and about the sisterhood that she found amongst the Drag Race girls. This was definitely delightful though and I’d happily read (or listen to) more stories if she wants to publish them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Transphobia

Minor: Vomit

kaiouelios's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Drug use

Moderate: Hate crime, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, and Infidelity

tksignups's review

dark funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

aus10england's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

4.5

I really enjoyed this! Nice and quick memoir by an iconic drag superstar. Learned lots. 

I do wish that the pictures more closely matched the time period that were being referenced in the book at that time. 

Overall, would recommend to anyone who is a fun of drag!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Transphobia

emmehooks's review

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Alcoholism

A fun peek into pre-Drag Race Alaska with candid honestly about the effects of fame, alcohol, drugs, and unhealthy relationships.

queerreadss's review

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

This book was a new, more human side to the larger than life drag queen we met on Drag Race and All Stars. Alaska gets very personal in this debut, with tales from her failures, abusing drugs and alcohol, her toxic relationship with Sharon Needles and her complicity in her and Sharon's racist past actions.

"My Name's Yours, What's Alaska?" reads like a diary with its vulnerability shining in every page. I love that Alaska chose to use this platform to bring up a few controversial things others may have avoided. She validated trans drag queens, expressed opinions on RuPaul's and other drag competitions transphobic rules and mindsets, and the discomfort of former partner Sharon's racism. She also highlighted how toxic drug and alcohol use became for her and how that tarnished relationships with her lifelong friend, coworkers and Sharon. Alaska didn't shy away from the uncomfortable truths of her doing bad things throughout her stories.

Pictures included were really great as well, they were a great selection to accompany Alaska's writing.

I do think there could have been a bit more accountability for racist acts that Alaska herself admits to having done and maybe use her platform to speak more on her being complicit in it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

enchantedtoreadyou's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

I love Alaska, she was one of my favorite queen's on Drag Race. I was so excited to be given an arc by Netgalley to review.
Alaska really goes into detail in regards to life, her journey in drag, to drag race, and her relationship with Sharon. I loved seeing the intimate details of her life. It made me love her even more! The pictures in the book were great. I loved seeing the way her drag transformed. She's had some rough points in her personal life, but definitely came out on top!
The only reason this didn't get 5 stars was because the beginning was a little hard for me to get into. After about 25% or so I couldn't put it down. Definitely recommend to any Alaska or Drag Queen fans!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia