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A review by topy_loving_books
From the Roots Up by Tasha Spillett
4.0
We get back with Dez and Miikwan, but this time the story focused on Dez's gender identity, as a Two-Spirit person and her relationship with new girl, Riel. This time Tasha Spillett introduced us to what is a Two-Spirit person, but I wish it was more explain as I struggled to understand the distinction with a non-binary person (even after doing researchs).
I liked the different discussions about the gendered protocols (result of the oppression by colonization and residential schools) surrounding the various rituals, and how it affect the LGBTQIA+ people who don't fit this binary mold. It could apply to any binary/heteronormative society in general, and that's why it's important that we question ourselves, as a society, about the way we're used to fonction, and how we could change to become more inclusive. The ones who usually refuse the changes are the people who profit from them.
I liked the different discussions about the gendered protocols (result of the oppression by colonization and residential schools) surrounding the various rituals, and how it affect the LGBTQIA+ people who don't fit this binary mold. It could apply to any binary/heteronormative society in general, and that's why it's important that we question ourselves, as a society, about the way we're used to fonction, and how we could change to become more inclusive. The ones who usually refuse the changes are the people who profit from them.