{"product_id":"9781578636709","title":"Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A fierce and voluble refutation of the patriarchy and its soul-crushing oppression of female power. These writers make clear that as witches, femmes, and queers, they will use their own strength, ingenious rituals, beauty routines, and spells to rise above and beyond the limits of racism\/classism and objectifications set by a male-dominated society. While bound by a thread of magic, these are inspiring feminist writings for readers of feminist literature, however identified.” --Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgy and often deeply personal, the twenty-one essays collected here come from a wide variety of writers. Some identify as witches, others identify as writers, musicians, game developers, or artists. What they have in common is that they’ve created personal rituals to summon their own power in a world that would prefer them powerless. Here, they share the rituals they use to resist self-doubt, grief, and depression in the face of sexism, slut shaming, racism, patriarchy, and other systems of oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eNotes from the Editors\u003cbr\u003eContent Warning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 1.  Unfuckable—Cara Ellison\u003cbr\u003e 2.  Trash-Magic: Signs \u0026amp; Rituals for the Unwanted—Maranda Elizabeth\u003cbr\u003e 3.  Uncensoring My Ugliness—Laura Mandanas\u003cbr\u003e 4.  Femme as in Fuck You: Fucking with the Patriarchy One Lipstick Application at a Time—Catherine Hernandez\u003cbr\u003e 5.  Before I Was a Woman, I Was a Witch—Avery Edison\u003cbr\u003e 6.  Undressing My Heart—Gabriela Herstik\u003cbr\u003e 7.  Garden—Marguerite Bennett\u003cbr\u003e 8.  Reddit, Retin-A, and Resistance: An Alchemist’s Guide to Skincare—Sam Maggs\u003cbr\u003e 9.  The Future is Coming for You—Deb Chachra\u003cbr\u003e 10. My Witch’s Sabbath of Short Skirts, Long Kisses, and BDSM—Mey Rude\u003cbr\u003e 11. Buzzcut Season—Larissa Pham\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Harpy—Meredith Yayanos\u003cbr\u003e 13. Fingertips—merritt\u003cbr\u003e 14. Red Glitter—Sophie Saint Thomas\u003cbr\u003e 15. Touching Pennies, Painting Nails—Sim Bajwa\u003cbr\u003e 16. Ritual in Darkness—Kim Boekbinder\u003cbr\u003e 17. Gayuma—Sara David\u003cbr\u003e 18. Pushing Beauty Up Through the Cracks—Katelan Foisy\u003cbr\u003e 19. Ritualising My Humanity—J. A. Micheline\u003cbr\u003e 20. Simulating Control—Nora Khan\u003cbr\u003e 21. I Am, Myself, a Body of Water—Leigh Alexander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weiser Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67600651583721,"sku":"9781578636709","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781578636709.jpg?v=1791043536","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9781578636709","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}