Becoming Dangerous

Name: Becoming Dangerous
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781578636709
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Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels

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Becoming Dangerous is a vibrant anthology that explores the intersection of feminine power, resistance, and self-empowerment. Each essay delves into the ways individuals, particularly women, harness their inner strength through rituals and practices to navigate and resist societal norms. This collection celebrates personal empowerment and the courage to defy expectations, making it a compelling read in personal development.
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You might enjoy this book if you are fascinated by the intersection of personal empowerment and modern witchcraft. It explores the power of ritual and self-expression as tools for reclaiming one's autonomy and identity. Perfect for those interested in unconventional self-help strategies that encourage embracing your inner strength and resilience.

Description

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

Edgy and often deeply personal, the twenty-one essays collected in Becoming Dangerous 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.

Contents

Introduction
Notes from the Editors
Content Warning

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
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

Contributors
Acknowledgements

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Becoming Dangerous is celebrated as a powerful anthology offering diverse perspectives on embracing identity and empowerment through personal rituals and magic, especially catering to women, femmes, and non-binary individuals. The essays delve into themes of resistance against societal norms, exploring empowerment, and creating safe spaces. The collection is appreciated for its bold and intimate narratives, showcasing how marginalised individuals harness their power, and offering an inspiring discourse on resisting oppression.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781578636709

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 March 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Weiser Books

Contributors:

Foreword by Kristen J. Sollée
Edited by Katie West
Edited by Jasmine Elliott
Foreword by Kristen J. Sollee

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 481g

Pages: 320

Collections

Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Katie West is a writer, photographer, editor, director, and executive assistant. She was recently published in The Secret Loves of Geek (Dark Horse, edited by Hope Nicholson). She has published several volumes of a photographic magazine called Babefest that brings women together to create, share, and support one another. She also directed the music video for the Seven Saturdays single "Au Revoir," and she has a comic with Ray Fawkes in the upcoming anthology Haunted Tales of Gothic Love (Bedside Press, edited by Hope Nicholson).Jasmine Elliott is a freelance editor and writer. She holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Windsor. She is a lapsed tarot reader and perpetually annoyed queer person currently based in Toronto. You can read her reviews of young adult literature at dictura.com.Kristen J. Sollee is the author of Witches, Sluts, Feminists.