Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels

Edited Katie West and Jasmine Elliott Weiser Books 4/1/2019, paperback SKU: 9781578636709   At the crossroads of #MeToo, #HexthePatriarchy, and the increasingly vocal feminist and LGBTQ+ movements comes a highly readable and moving collection of writings The difference between the witch and the layperson is that a witch already knows they are powerful. The layperson may only suspect. Becoming Dangerous is a collection of deeply personal essays by marginalized people operating at the intersection of feminism, witchcraft, and resistance about summoning power and becoming fearsome in a world that would prefer them to be afraid. Written by artists, authors, columnists, comic book writers, fashionistas, performers, and video game designers, these essays are personal explorations about how and why rituals of resistance work for them. Their goal is to help readers summon their own power to resist, survive, and thrive. With an introduction by Kristin J. Sollee, author of Witches, Sluts, Femin