His mother also accepted him, but she was harder on him. His kokum accepted him for who he was, and they enjoyed exploring femininity together. The anecdotes from the past largely focus on Jonny’s grandmother, his kokum, who played a significant role in both raising him and in teaching him how to be the person he is. The narrative structure moves back and forth between the present day and stories in Jonny’s past. He has romantic and sexual relationships only with men, and especially with his childhood friend, Tias. Jonny identifies as Two-Spirit-a non-binary gender identity that is specific to Indigenous cultures. He seems to accept this wryly, knowing that it's part of how white Canadians fetishize him. Most often requested is Jonny dressing up like an Indigenous stereotype, in full regalia, and masturbating on camera. For camming, he uses Snapchat to put on individual shows for clients. The novel follows the first-person narrator, Jonny, as he figures out whether he can make enough money from webcamming (or “camming,” broadcasting oneself over the Internet) to make it home to the reserve for his stepfather’s funeral. These chapters are noted beneath the individual chapter headings. This guide uses the 2018 ePub edition from Arsenal Pulp Press.Ĭontent Warning: Several chapters in the book reference childhood physical abuse, explicit sexual acts, and one chapter references childhood sexual assault.
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