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I think the one that rang most closely was "Eight Bites", especially given that it came right after reading I'm Glad My Mom Died, a lot of which revolves around McCurdy's eating disorder (that has to do with her mom and how they are mirrors of each other). And also recently listening to Lucy Dacus' "My Mother and I". I've had a lot to think about with regards to me and my mom - especially since I've been away from her for a long time, now, when compared to the rest of my life. I also think about Rayne Fisher-Quann's Tiktok about being thankful for having mommy bloggers to see that moms truly do have lives that exist beyond their children, and how so often when you become a mother it seems to become the hinge of your life.
Especially since "Eight Bites" is written from the painful perspective of a mother and a daughter who'll never really see eye to eye. It's painful, to simultaneously be the mirror of your mother but also to hate it. It's weird.
That aside, Machado is also a beautiful author, with the prose flowing as smooth as butter. Also, this book is so horny. And that's great. Maybe I'll read it again and appreciate it better the second time!
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol
Graphic: Body horror, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting
Minor: Abandonment
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual content
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Vomit
Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Dysphoria
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence
Minor: Miscarriage