![]() ![]() It’s 2003 and 19-year-old Juliet Palante is a queer Latinx babe living in the Bronx who’s got a newfound power in her womanhood and can call herself a feminist. It felt like my body was both overexposed and an unsolved mystery. Reading helped me gather myself, reminded me that I had a right to be mad. Reason number five hundred and fifty-one Raging Flower was so necessary. Neighborhood dudes sure knew how to slime and shame a girl in one swift move. Anytime I ignored them I was both a bitch and all of a sudden too ugly or too fat to get it anyway. ![]() All they did was talk smack about how good they laid down the pipe. They fiended for attention, were always aggressive, and made me wish I could put them down. They bragged about their conquests over “some bitches from last night.” When boys talked it sounded like feral dogs barking. ![]() Young Adult, LGBTQ+, Contemporary Realism Published by Penguin Random House LLC, Penguin Canada, September 2019ģ04 Pages, hard cover, $23.99 CAD, 978-7-8 ![]()
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