4 stars Gorgeous and haunting. A powerful collection of poems that spin vivid stories and lush imagery. LaPointe pulls from fairy tales, the natural world, the punk scene, and the Lushootseed language. The collection centers around pain, loss, trauma, heritage, resilience, and healing. A fascinating collection that is beautiful, heartbreaking, and fierce. Goodreads
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3 stars Includes essays, articles, and lectures ranging from 2008 to 2014, Men Explain Things to Me examines various issues associated when gender and sex. Issues discussed revolve mainly around men’s perceived entitlement to women’s bodies and women’s time, the resulting discrimination and too-often violence against women, and the silencing of women’s voices. The essays range from…
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5 stars A stunning poetry collection. Baird tackles many hardships in her poems including eating disorders, sexual assault, rape culture, relationships and sexuality, and healing. One thing that really stuck out to me was how well organized this collection was. Each poem flowed so nicely into the next. The themes build as the book goes…
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