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  • In the Hands of Men

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  • Written by: Gin Sexsmith
  • Narrated by: Devery Jacobs
  • Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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About the Creator

Gin Sexsmith is a Mohawk writer and musician from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, and member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. Obsessed with the darker sides of our psyche, Gin’s work explores love, loss, sexuality, and mental illness.
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About the Performer

Devery Jacobs is an award-winning actress, writer, director, producer, and one of Hollywood’s most exciting rising stars. As a socially conscious voice from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, she uses her platform to advocate for Indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ rights.
Jacobs’ producorial debut narrative film Backspot, which is also executive produced by Elliot Page and directed by D.W. Waterson, premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
She is currently in production for Oh.What.Fun, a holiday comedy from Amazon MGM, in which she will star opposite Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Dominic Sessa.
Jacobs stars in the Marvel series Echo to rave reviews. She recently voiced the character “Kahhori” in Marvel’s What If…? series. The character is Marvel’s first Indigenous-Mohawk superhero and throughout the entirety of her episode, Jacobs exclusively speaks in the Mohawk language. Jacobs starred as one of the leads in the groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series Reservation Dogs, which follows a group of four Indigenous teens who live on an Oklahoma reservation. For her performance as “Elora Danan” in the FX/Hulu series Jacobs earned back-to-back 2023 and 2024 Critics’ Choice Award nominations for “Best Actress in a Comedy Series” and a Gotham Award nomination for “Outstanding Performance in a New Series.”
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Editorial Review

An essential new voice in dark feminist fiction
In honour of Indigenous History Month in Canada, I want to highlight an incredible debut from an alumnus of Audible's Indigenous Writers' Circle, an annual mentorship and workshop program for emerging First Nations, Inuit and Métis writers. Gin Sexsmith's In the Hands of Men is an urgent and razor-sharp literary thriller that follows Delilah, a Mohawk woman who inflicts bloody retribution in the name of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in North America. As a virus that increases men's propensity for violence sweeps Earth, Delilah has to reckon with her choices and decide if she's righting wrongs in an unjust world, or becoming a monster like the men around her. If you enjoy horror and thriller stories from Indigenous authors (and there's been so many standouts in recent years from authors like Stephen Graham Jones and Jessica Johns!), I'm excited for you to discover an essential new voice in one of my favourite fiction subgenres. —Sarah U., Audible Editor

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WOW!

I loved this book a scathing comment on the world right now. Might not be everybody’s cup of tea, but tdefinitely worth a listen

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Femininity - if only I was born a boy, life would be so much easier.

This book is one that most women will relate to in one way or another. It might make some uncomfortable to read or listen to at times. Some may not be able to read it at all.
When I listened to this story, I wasn’t only thinking about myself, but all the other females in my life from family to friends. I thought about all our experiences and stories collectively when it comes to being female. What we go through.
I think about the current state of the world and what is going on south of the border from me. The USA government having the power to make decisions about the female body is mind blowing to me no matter where you stand on certain subjects! If this is ok, then what next.
There are a lot of things in this book that make you FEEL emotions. Anger being a big one for me (don’t decide to not read it because you don’t want to read a book that makes you angry), definitely read it.
In chapter 28, around 9 mins in to the end of the chapter, the following really struck me: //…performing femininity… rather than being. Femininity was built to be a performance - entertainment for men. Always feeling like an imposter, never enough of anything… to stand on your own two feet and insist this is who I am…
Men never feeling the guilt or shame… //
Just like the intro says, everyone should read this book.
I agree. Esp men. But I doubt that will happen.

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Shout in the Dark

This is a brave shout at the violence and casual disregard for the state of Women's affairs in the modern world. A mirror being held up to the male world that is not the hero driven drivel it lives on. A plague of consequences to the violence embedded in culture should terrify the patriarchy.

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Everyone needs to experience this book

It's powerful, emotional and raw. It's unapologetic. Its thought provoking. It is all these things wrapped up in a great story and I cant stop talking about it.

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Blame game

This felt like a 12 hour berating lecture on the immoral sin of being born with a XY chromosome. The generalizations got old and repetitive.

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