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A review by starryeved
Becoming the Villainess by Jeannine Hall Gailey
4.0
"Why do you keep creating us half-human,
with bat wings, dragon scales, luminous green skin,
as if you can't appreciate ordinary woman anymore,
as if you fear what lies beneath?"
A collection of poetry regarding obscure folktales and mythology and contemporary fads, likened to the newly-polished edge of a blade. Gailey doesn't refrain from making scathing, candid commentary on the forms of growing and moving on from the injustices that have so long plagued women, and instead spins her work into the enthralling words of fairy tales, superhero stories, and even anime/manga and video game arcs. And while Gailey's diction is layered and precise, the caustic undertones are utterly necessary - because in order to rise above the bleak and humdrum reality of one's situation, sometimes one truly must become the villainess.
Bold, unyielding, empowering. True feminism at its finest.
with bat wings, dragon scales, luminous green skin,
as if you can't appreciate ordinary woman anymore,
as if you fear what lies beneath?"
A collection of poetry regarding obscure folktales and mythology and contemporary fads, likened to the newly-polished edge of a blade. Gailey doesn't refrain from making scathing, candid commentary on the forms of growing and moving on from the injustices that have so long plagued women, and instead spins her work into the enthralling words of fairy tales, superhero stories, and even anime/manga and video game arcs. And while Gailey's diction is layered and precise, the caustic undertones are utterly necessary - because in order to rise above the bleak and humdrum reality of one's situation, sometimes one truly must become the villainess.
Bold, unyielding, empowering. True feminism at its finest.