My Body Is a Book of Rules

My Body Is a Book of Rules | Elissa Washuta

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This book is so unique, fascinating, beautiful, heartbreaking, traumatic, and real.

ā€I try to remember that my body is not really the sum of what‘s visible. Nothing that‘s wrong with me can be solved by rubbing cream on my skin.ā€¯

Anna40 Sounds fascinating! Was it difficult to read? 7y

tholmz @Anna40 I‘d say it was content-wise just because it‘s really heavy, but it is super readable. For sure trigger warnings for sexual assault and language and rape, etc. though. Really, really uniquely written. 7y

Anna40 @tholmz Ok! Thanks for the warning! 7y

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catieohjoy

My Body Is a Book of Rules | Elissa Washuta

Today I'm reading Elissa Washuta's memoir/essay collection, which I picked up after seeing her speak on a great panel about nontraditional nonfiction forms at AWP. This is an experimental book involving Native identity, mental illness, substance abuse, sexual assault, faith, Cosmo's terrible sex advice, and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. All in under 200 pages! (And because I hope people will find this book:) #NativeBooks #MentalHealthBooks

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Yamich49

My Body Is a Book of Rules | Elissa Washuta

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THIS BOOK. Such a dark and unflinching memoir. Elissa Washuta is brutally honest and matter-of-fact as she describes and dissects the ways in which her life has been shaped by her mixed-race identity, bipolar disorder, sexual assaults, eating disorder, Catholic identity, gender and our society. She also combines a lot of different formats and storytelling methods in such an engaging way. It's not the easiest read, but it is powerful and angry. š‘¸

BookishFeminist š™š¸¼š™š¸¼ I can't wait to read this 8y

Yamich49 @BookishFeminist Yes! I would not recommend reading it all at once as it is pretty heavy stuff (and obviously TW for everything mentioned in my review). But it's worth it. 8y

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Yamich49

My Body Is a Book of Rules | Elissa Washuta

CherylDeFranceschi Powerful. 8y

BookishFeminist š™š¸¼š™š¸¼ so true. 8y

Yamich49 @CherylDeFranceschi @BookishFeminist Yes! So powerful and true. This was a hard book to read but oh so worth it. 8y

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Yamich49

My Body Is a Book of Rules | Elissa Washuta

"For years, I had kept that hair growing, as though it were an extension of my bloodstream and my Indian blood could increase as my ragged ends grasped for my waist."
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Yamich49

My Body Is a Book of Rules | Elissa Washuta

"And what of Delilah? She did it for money. As good a reason as any. Temptress, snake, bitch. Whatever. She got paid. She got out alive."

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Yamich49

My Body Is a Book of Rules | Elissa Washuta

And misandry for the win! š’‹

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Yamich49

My Body Is a Book of Rules | Elissa Washuta

"NEVER HESITATE TO CALL UNIVERSITY POLICE, they said, but we all knew about what happened to kids who were honest with the people in charge about the severity of their problems: they were told to get the fuck out of college until they got their shit together."
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Yamich49

My Body Is a Book of Rules | Elissa Washuta