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“The moral of that story, I think, is that being poor will kill you.”

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

April 19, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

It happened again. I excitedly picked up a book at the store, rushed it home, then let it sit in a pile for a few months. When I finally opened it days ago I was shocked (and not shocked at all simultaneously, really) that it was an oddly appropriate collection for today’s frightening world. The first page of the book is a quote from poet Elisabeth Hewer, and it lays the roadwork for the furious march within: “god should have made girls lethal when he […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: body horror, carmen maria machado, dark fairy tale, Latinx, law and order SVU, pleasure, queer, Sexuality, womanhood

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: body horror, carmen maria machado, dark fairy tale, Latinx, law and order SVU, pleasure, queer, Sexuality, womanhood ·
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