Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels by Katie West & Jasmine Elliott

Edgy 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. Contents IntroductionNotes from the EditorsContent 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--Sa