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My Name's Yours, What's Alaska?: A Memoir by Alaska Thunderfuck 5000
10 reviews
emjayknocks's review
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship
Minor: Drug use and Homophobia
moonyreadsbystarlight's review
4.0
This is very much written in Alaska's voice, which I really enjoyed but if you aren't already a fan (or if you come in expecting more traditional writing style), it could be off-putting. I'm not sure I would have been as into it if I wasn't already interested in her to begin with. There are definitely technical critiques I could give or details I could say that I wanted, but at the end of it, I did read most of it in a sitting and had a fun time doing it, which is why it ended up with a higher rating. I would mainly recommend this to folks who are already interested in Alaska or popular drag queens more broadly.
Other notable CWs are for slurs including the f-slur used in full and a couple that are mentioned but not typed in full as well as racism. In particular, she talks about Sharon Needles' racist depictions in drag and use of the n-word.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Hate crime
Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Transphobia
Minor: Vomit
F-slur is usedkt2e56's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Transphobia
Minor: Vomit
tksignups's review
4.0
Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
aus10england's review
4.5
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!
Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Transphobia
emmehooks's review
3.75
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.ka_ke's review
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
painfullyshybookworm's review
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Transphobia
queerreadss's review
4.0
"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.
Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse
rebeccamm's review
4.25
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Emotional abuse