A Korean-American former model returns to North Dakota to report on the oil boom, confronting racism, misogyny, and her past.
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A Korean-American former model returns to North Dakota to report on the oil boom, confronting racism, misogyny, and her past.
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Elinor Hanson, a forty-something former model, receives an unexpected opportunity to write about the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota for a prestigious magazine. Returning to the landscape of her childhood, Elinor finds the region transformed beyond recognition, overrun by tens of thousands of fortune-seeking roughnecks. As a woman of Asian descent, Elinor experiences a profound sense of alienation, raging against the unrelenting male gaze and locals who still view her as an outsider.
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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On-page sexual assault; recurring harassment and nonconsensual acts
Violence & gore
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Physical assault and domestic violence without graphic gore
Profanity
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Frequent strong profanity and racial slurs
Substance use
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Drug and alcohol abuse depicted with cautionary framing
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Anti-gay sentiment present; LGBTQ characters not central
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central themes of racism, sexism, class, and oil-boom politics
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicide themes present in the narrative
Abuse & suffering
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On-page rape and molestation; domestic abuse; sustained racist cruelty
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