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A review by faeriekit
Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels by Katie West, Jasmine Elliot, Kristen J Sollee
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
This book was hard for me to read though-- anthologies usually test my patience. Sometimes I failed to see the connection between all the stories, but that was mainly because I couldn't connect to all of them at once. That's not the book's fault. It still made for an odd reading experience, though.
As far as the witchcraft goes, I can see some connections, and I miss others. That's fine. Not every craft is like mine, not every magic matches what I know. As far as the Queer and Disabled community connections go, though, the intertwining of knowing your exiled status and looking in from the outside was something that tied the majority of stories together in ways that the individual contents of each piece didn't.
I do think this is a deeply interesting book. It brings many undervalued voices to light in a community that often sees gender roles as spiritual, and an unmovable facet of the divine. It's nice to see the reminder that the human failings of prejudice have to fall away in order to see the full breadth and scope of what witchcraft, magic, and ancestral love can look like. I would recommend finding a copy to read.
As far as the witchcraft goes, I can see some connections, and I miss others. That's fine. Not every craft is like mine, not every magic matches what I know. As far as the Queer and Disabled community connections go, though, the intertwining of knowing your exiled status and looking in from the outside was something that tied the majority of stories together in ways that the individual contents of each piece didn't.
I do think this is a deeply interesting book. It brings many undervalued voices to light in a community that often sees gender roles as spiritual, and an unmovable facet of the divine. It's nice to see the reminder that the human failings of prejudice have to fall away in order to see the full breadth and scope of what witchcraft, magic, and ancestral love can look like. I would recommend finding a copy to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Antisemitism
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
There are slurs used! FYI! In the context of people using them for themselves, but just so you know.