![]() ![]() Invented by a sociologist in the '50s, the term role model feels antiquated. I reached a semblance of success people might want, but it doesn't mean I should be looked up to. I was a single mother on welfare.Īnd I don't want people to emulate my journey or look up to how I evolved away from dysfunction and stigma. I dropped out of school when I was a kid. My book is about survival and transgression. I didn't want to be the voice of anyone but myself. A major newspaper called me the voice of a generation.Īn interviewer asked me if I felt like a role model for indigenous women. The conversations surrounding me were changing. This is anomalous for a Native woman writer. The book became a New York Times bestseller shortly after. I wasn't ready for that kind of attention. My book reached critical mass when the actress Emma Watson posted a selfie with it to Instagram. ![]()
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