Francesca

And then after trans, sometimes there were like processes where the adults would all get together and they would all drink alcohol and just like rip each other. A new one. Wow. I wasn't there. I was too young, but I was usually babysitting the kids. By the time they got home, you could tell they had been crying and just unregulated.

And then after trans, sometimes there were like processes where the adults would all get together and they would all drink alcohol and just like rip each other. A new one. Wow. I wasn't there. I was too young, but I was usually babysitting the kids. By the time they got home, you could tell they had been crying and just unregulated.

People would make stuff up just to like get the attention off of them.

People would make stuff up just to like get the attention off of them.

People would make stuff up just to like get the attention off of them.

Yeah, it was pretty bad. There were good parts like growing up in Tono Village. I had a bunch of friends and it was dirt roads and it was a good place to grow up, but it was pretty toxic. We had our own school. You weren't encouraged to go out and get a degree or anything. You were encouraged to just stay small. Service was a big thing.

Yeah, it was pretty bad. There were good parts like growing up in Tono Village. I had a bunch of friends and it was dirt roads and it was a good place to grow up, but it was pretty toxic. We had our own school. You weren't encouraged to go out and get a degree or anything. You were encouraged to just stay small. Service was a big thing.

Yeah, it was pretty bad. There were good parts like growing up in Tono Village. I had a bunch of friends and it was dirt roads and it was a good place to grow up, but it was pretty toxic. We had our own school. You weren't encouraged to go out and get a degree or anything. You were encouraged to just stay small. Service was a big thing.

People who weren't even qualified would be teaching at the school with no pay.

People who weren't even qualified would be teaching at the school with no pay.

People who weren't even qualified would be teaching at the school with no pay.

I was so afraid of everybody. It was so scary. But also I wanted their approval so bad. But my dad was always kind of like half in, half out. He didn't actually want to go. He did it for my mom. And so when I was seven, they divorced and he kind of left the community. But even before that, he was just painted as a terrible person because he didn't want to be there. And that showed.

I was so afraid of everybody. It was so scary. But also I wanted their approval so bad. But my dad was always kind of like half in, half out. He didn't actually want to go. He did it for my mom. And so when I was seven, they divorced and he kind of left the community. But even before that, he was just painted as a terrible person because he didn't want to be there. And that showed.

I was so afraid of everybody. It was so scary. But also I wanted their approval so bad. But my dad was always kind of like half in, half out. He didn't actually want to go. He did it for my mom. And so when I was seven, they divorced and he kind of left the community. But even before that, he was just painted as a terrible person because he didn't want to be there. And that showed.

I knew my dad was a good guy. I loved him, but people would talk crap about him in front of me.

I knew my dad was a good guy. I loved him, but people would talk crap about him in front of me.

I knew my dad was a good guy. I loved him, but people would talk crap about him in front of me.

Yeah. That was part of the problem with trance was you were like asking a question and then you're airing all of your shit in front of everybody and in front of the kids.

Yeah. That was part of the problem with trance was you were like asking a question and then you're airing all of your shit in front of everybody and in front of the kids.

Yeah. That was part of the problem with trance was you were like asking a question and then you're airing all of your shit in front of everybody and in front of the kids.