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Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
2 reviews
thedisabledreader's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence
courtneyfalling's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
This made me cry cathartically, especially near the ending. I think so many childhood trauma and recovery memoirs follow a very linear arc, describing traumatic events in detail for presumably non-traumatized but fascinated audiences, then end with an acceptance of traditional, usually heteronormative and relatively depoliticized new family life. And they rarely get into what happens if trauma follows you, continues to pop up from triggers, changes who you are or what you want to find. Instead, this memoir focused a lot on trying to build a life, on the actual, messy complexity of "healing." I want to believe that sensitive, confused, sick, radical adults exist out there and don't just die or otherwise fade out in their early to mid-twenties, and in its rawness, this was also hopeful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Incest
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia
Minor: Colonisation, Drug use, and Police brutality
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