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Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? | Ethan Brown

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After being disappointed by my last #TrueCrime listen, I thought I‘d give this one a try- vaguely familiar with the string of murders after watching some coverage years ago. Unfortunately, the dry and unstructured presentation made me wish that I had more than a passing familiarity with the victims and local key players going in—it‘s a quick listen but one that reveals a sad story of an area in economic decline, offering no resolution to the case.

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IndoorDame

The Pervert | Michelle Perez

so-so

#TransRightsReadathon Book 5 The writing style wasn‘t my favorite, but the art was great! There were a handful of full page black and white panels scattered throughout that were sublime, and it was worth reading this just for those. And I loved seeing an honest representation of sex work. That‘s a community that‘s grossly underrepresented in media, and usually either romanticized or demonized when it is portrayed. #transrightsarehumanrights

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Robotswithpersonality

Jonny Appleseed | Joshua Whitehead

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Each person's discovery of gender identity is unique, but Two-Spirit, the way it's relayed here, I think it's important to recognize this is specific to a people, a culture, a spirituality. Likewise, Indigiqueer, queer and Indigenous, is an experience separate from how a white person might experience queerness or an Indigenous person might experience heteronormativity. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality The novel centres the idea of individuals holding various identities, the main character is a queer, sex positive sex worker, an Indigenous two-spirited person, who has grown up in a multi-generational family on a reservation, having left it as a new adult. He shares intimate ties to a friend who seems conflicted in his sexuality, has experienced government removal from family, foster care, both have experienced child abuse and continue to experience systemic racism. 2/? 2y

Robotswithpersonality Telling the story of how those identities intersect in a quietly devastating, unflinchingly honest way, the writing winds back and forth between pragmatically explicit, poetically wistful, and embittered weariness. It reads like a memoir/diary, reflections and remembrances. There is a framing narrative, including inciting incident (death of step-family member) and goal worked towards (get money to get back to reservation, visit family, attend funeral) but it functions more as background to many pieces of the narrator and his friend's lives recounted, especially the narrator's relationship to two generations of female predecessors. 3/? 2y

Robotswithpersonality The aching contrast between enforced colonialist views on gender and sexuality, notions of manhood and masculinity, under which some modern Indigenous peoples are still assimilated, in contrast to more traditional views which are more welcoming to fluidity, really hits hard. It makes Jonny's acceptance by his mother and grandmother that much more beautiful. 4/? 2y

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Robotswithpersonality I like that the book ends with the possibility that these characters cannot just survive, but possibly thrive, but it doesn't shrink from the reality that their identities disadvantage them in a world of intolerance and white privilege. It will require acknowledging what about their upbringing programming their current behavior may no longer serve them, while it is gentle about not necessarily framing any blame on parental figures rather than the system that let them down for generations. 5/? 2y

Robotswithpersonality The introduction to the author's note of gratitude at the back feels like the perfect summary to the notes of brave, angry, mournful and accepting felt throughout the book.

⚠️Pretty much all the warnings:
Racism, homophobia, child abuse, binge drinking/alcohol dependency, SA, assault, fatphobia, body image issues (dysphoria?), definitely multiple unsafe situations, gets descriptive with multiple bodily fluids 2y

Singout “Enforced colonialist views on gender and sexuality…exactly. So much harm has been done and so much lost by Settler dominance. 2y

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Robotswithpersonality

Jonny Appleseed | Joshua Whitehead

I will always be grateful to every instance of a character in any medium calling out exactly how "fucked up" such comments are, and yes, stating that all bodies deserve "to be...loved". It's a message that bears repeating.

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Robotswithpersonality

Jonny Appleseed | Joshua Whitehead

Gut punch prose.

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Clwojick

Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? | Ethan Brown

so-so

And that‘s a wrap! #BookSpinBingo

TheAromaofBooks

katiekat311 Holy cow! Amazing work👏🏼👏🏼 2y

Read4life Wow! Impressive 💙 2y

AnnR Way to go! 🙂 2y

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic progress!!! 2y

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Clwojick

Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? | Ethan Brown

Starting my LAST #bookspinbingo pick!

5feet.of.fury Nice! I listened to this one during #scarathlon 2y

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5feet.of.fury

Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? | Ethan Brown

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Brown starts describing why he felt these cases deserved more attention. The victims were sex workers, who often aren‘t shown sympathetically and were taken advantage of by those who should be protecting them. We talk about the impact true crime genre has on families but he wants to get them justice, works to show them respect & only shows negatively the corrupt PD. But WOW is this graphic.
#20in4 #spookoween #scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter #31by31

Clwojick, Andrew65, TheSpineView, Catsandbooks

Clwojick Glad you enjoyed it! I have this one in my Chirp collection. 2y

TheSpineView Awesome 2y

Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🐺💙 2y

EvieBee My husband was telling me about a documentary he saw in this case and it was mind boggling to him why it didn‘t get more press. 2y

5feet.of.fury @EvieBee it‘s really awful! Blatant corruption in the PD. 2y

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5feet.of.fury

Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? | Ethan Brown