Rather, it's a book about what it means to be a witch, written by women and femmes for whom the word 'witch' is as much a part of their identity as their skin, their sexuality, and their gender. 'This isn't a book on how to become a witch. I Am, Myself, a Body of Water-Leigh Alexander.Pushing Beauty Up Through the Cracks-Katelan Foisy.

Touching Pennies, Painting Nails-Sim Bajwa.

My Witch’s Sabbath of Short Skirts, Long Kisses, and BDSM-Mey Rude.

The Future is Coming for You-Deb Chachra.

Reddit, Retin-A, and Resistance: An Alchemist’s Guide to Skincare-Sam Maggs.

Before I Was a Woman, I Was a Witch-Avery Edison.

Femme as in Fuck You: Fucking with the Patriarchy One Lipstick Application at a Time-Catherine Hernandez.

Trash-Magic: Signs & Rituals for the Unwanted-Maranda Elizabeth.

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. 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. Some identify as witches, others identify as writers, musicians, game developers, or artists. While bound by a thread of magic, these are inspiring feminist writings for readers of feminist literature, however identified.” - Library JournalĮdgy and often deeply personal, the twenty-one essays collected here come from a wide variety of writers. 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. 'A fierce and voluble refutation of the patriarchy and its soul-crushing oppression of female power.

Becoming dangerous by katie west