Becoming dangerous : witchy femmes, queer conjurers, and magical rebels / edited by Katie West and Jasmine Elliott ; foreword by Kristen J. Sollée.
Record details
- ISBN: 1578636701
- ISBN: 9781578636709
- Physical Description: xxi, 294 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Newburyport, MA : Weiser Books, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Unfuckable / Cara Ellison -- Trash-magic: signs & rituals for the unwanted / Maranda Elizabeth -- Uncensoring my ugliness / Laura Mandanas -- Femme as in fuck you: fucking with the patriarchy one lipstick application at a time / Catherine Hernandez -- Before I was a woman, I was a witch / Avery Edison -- Undressing my heart / Gabriela Herstik -- Garden / Marguerite Bennett -- Reddit, Retin-A, and resistance: an alchemist's guide to skincare / Sam Maggs -- The future is coming for you / Deb Chachra -- My witch's sabbath of short skirts, long kisses, and BDSM / Mey Rude -- Buzzcut season / Larissa Pham -- The harpy / Meredith Yayanos -- Fingertips / merritt k -- Red glitter / Sophie Saint Thomas -- Touching pennies, painting nails / Sim Bajwa -- Ritual in darkness / Kim Boekbinder -- Gayuma / Sara David -- Pushing beauty up through the cracks / Katelan Foisy -- Ritualising my humanity / J. A. Micheline -- Simulating control / Nora Khan -- I am, myself, a body of water / Leigh Alexander. |
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Subject: | Ritual. Control (Psychology) Control (Psychology) Ritual. |
Genre: | Essays. Essays. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 299.94 BEC (Text) | 000154264 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Publishers Weekly Review
Becoming Dangerous : Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels
Publishers Weekly
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In this uneven yet bold collection of essays, 21 authors explore how they "resist the onslaught of a world of irrational happenings" by performing personal rituals that incorporate magic. Each essay is by someone who considers themselves marginalized and responding to a culture that "has attempted to cast a banishing spell" on them. Highlights include "Trash Magic" by Miranda Elizabeth, a self-described "sick mad crip borderline witch" who tweaks tarot readings and crystal rituals to suit the needs of her "disabled perspective" and Avery Edison's "Before I Was a Woman, I Was a Witch," which details Avery's discovery of a witch kit as a teenager. A common thread is the subversion of conventional feminine beauty, such as in Catherine Hernandez's "Femme as in Fuck You" in which she writes of taking intentionally ugly photos to reclaim her sense of beauty after an accident that left her scarred, and merritt k's "Total Mood Killer," about how she fashions her nails for peak scariness, "sharp enough to easily scratch skin-maybe draw blood." Powerfully intimate and angry yet hopeful, these narratives will appeal to "magickal practitioners" looking for new examples of how others have dealt with oppression. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.