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Elissa intertwines her experience as a Native woman with cultural aspects of her life and examines occult trends compared to her observations of the power of magic. She goes into detail about her past abusive relationships, PTSD, and alcoholism & her search for love and meaning in her life.
Mixed feelings about this one. It's a powerful account of trauma and the effects of colonialism but sometimes I had a hard time following the narrative.

This book is overwhelming about a man named Carl and that‘s not what I intended to read about. I can understand his significance to the author and how he may represent lessons she works through but it didn‘t work. Much of this is reflective and not critical, and I think my expectations based on the title were off. I was hoping for a critique rather than a memoir - which is definitely a reader error.

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Pretty much every trigger warning possible. A strong collection of essays about being Native American, cultural appropriation, love, sex, colonization, and being in the contemporary world. Often difficult to read for its subject matter and challenging. Washuta is a brave writer who tears at her own wounds to find the truth within them.

This was so slow for me. I could not stay focused on this one and it was just super boring for me. I thought it sounded like an interesting concept, but it just wasn‘t for me.

Final July #bookspinbingo board! It‘s like I‘m trying to avoid getting bingos 🤫! Oh well, maybe next month.
This collection of autobiographical essays were hit or miss for me. There was a lot about abusive relationships, and outright abuse, and some essays were more effective regarding this than others - the repetition made the theme overall less powerful, somehow? However, the writing was excellent and the colonialization themes fascinating.

July #BookSpinBingo, now with more free spaces! Ha. Tagged book just came in from the library 📚