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By: Brandy
Publisher: The author
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Rape victims
Description: 22-year-old Brandy writes about growing up in Deep River, Ontario, Canada. She writes about her abusive, alcoholic and distant mother and her siblings, including her sister who was a stripper. Brandy chronicles her childhood and encounters with girl hate and surviving rape. Her stories include specific instances such as taking an AIDS/HIV test, getting over drug addiction, her promiscuity, being in the gifted program in high school, developing panic attacks in college, and moving in with her first long-term boyfriend with whom she broke up at the end of the zine. Additional elements include cut and paste images and movie stills and a soundtrack listing.
Notes: Cover title.

Gift of A.j. Michel, donated in 2011; gift of Sarah Knowles, donated in 2015.