Red Paint by Sasha LaPointe Summary
Overview of Red Paint
In "Red Paint," Coast Salish punk Sasha LaPointe weaves ancestral wisdom with modern rebellion, creating an NPR Best Book that heals intergenerational trauma. What happens when Indigenous traditions meet mosh pits? Melissa Febos calls it "the truest kind of love story" - a journey to oneself.
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When the Spirit Leaves the Body
What happens when your spirit becomes so distressed it simply leaves? The Coast Salish people have a name for this: spirit sickness. You lose consciousness, interest in life drains away, body heat vanishes, and eventually you lie down and never rise again. This isn't metaphor-it's a precise diagnosis passed down through generations, sung in ancestral songs about salmon season and supernatural illness. For Sasha LaPointe, a Coast Salish writer navigating the wreckage of personal trauma and colonial violence, this ancient understanding becomes the key to her survival. Her memoir "Red Paint" doesn't just chronicle pain; it maps the geography of healing, tracing a path from childhood sexual abuse through miscarriage and cultural disconnection toward something fiercer: reclamation. Standing at her parents' table with one week before departing on tour, she asks the question that will change everything-may I wear the red paint of our healers?
The Weight of Names and Displacement
Trauma Patterns and Broken Promises
Comptia's Shadow, Jane's Cage
Cutting the Blanket, Losing the Baby
Permission to Wear the Red Paint
The Ceremony Continues
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