Becoming Dangerous

Becoming Dangerous is a collection of essays, and is edited by Katie West and Jasmine Elliott.

Edgy and often deeply personal, these twenty-one essays come from a wide variety of contributors, who have all created personal rituals to summon their own power in a world that would prefer them powerless. Here, they share the practices they use to resist self-doubt, grief and depression in the face of sexism, slut shaming, racism, patriarchy, and other systems of oppression.

“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

Published by Red Wheel/Weiser