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hrwohl518's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Genocide
Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia
whatannikareads's review against another edition
challenging
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emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
This collection of essays shows how Native identity intersects with various other hardships that the Canadian/American governments have bestowed upon non-white and lower class people: mental illness, child services, lack of acknowledgement of the genocides of Native and Black people.
I really enjoyed this collection! I think Alicia's writing style is really accessible and almost conversational; she walks us through various aspects of her upbringing and how it relates to a broader commentary on being Native in modern North America. My favorite aspects where when she highlighted how many Native women have been killed and left, as if people still have this "hunting Indians" complex they want to fulfill. Unfortunately, I hadn't heard of these unjustified murders—to no surprise to anyone.
Her essay on sexual assault touched me so, so deeply and I could write an essay on how it made me feel. I hope she knows how much that essay meant to me as someone who's been SA'd (trigger warning, btw).
There were some essays that were just fine but I overall enjoyed it and learned a lot, so I'm giving Alicia her flowers. She reframed how I look at a few things (see: essay on photographs). Read more Indigenous authors! This is a great place to start.
I really enjoyed this collection! I think Alicia's writing style is really accessible and almost conversational; she walks us through various aspects of her upbringing and how it relates to a broader commentary on being Native in modern North America. My favorite aspects where when she highlighted how many Native women have been killed and left, as if people still have this "hunting Indians" complex they want to fulfill. Unfortunately, I hadn't heard of these unjustified murders—to no surprise to anyone.
Her essay on sexual assault touched me so, so deeply and I could write an essay on how it made me feel. I hope she knows how much that essay meant to me as someone who's been SA'd (trigger warning, btw).
There were some essays that were just fine but I overall enjoyed it and learned a lot, so I'm giving Alicia her flowers. She reframed how I look at a few things (see: essay on photographs). Read more Indigenous authors! This is a great place to start.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Gun violence, Genocide, Death, Alcoholism, and Addiction
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