We Were Witches

by Ariel Gore

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"Spurred on by nineties "family values" campaigns and determined to better herself through education, a teen mom talks her way into college. Disgusted by an overabundance of phallocratic narratives and Freytag's pyramid, she turns to a subcultural canon of resistance and failure. Wryly riffing on feminist literary tropes, it documents the survival of a demonized single mother figuring things out"--

"In this novel, Ariel Gore is a teen mom, aspiring writer, and feminist witch trying to get a college education during the first Bush administration, all the while combating queer scapegoating, domestic violence, and high-interest student loans"--
  • ISBN10 1558614338
  • ISBN13 9781558614338
  • Publish Date 19 October 2017 (first published 5 September 2017)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New York
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Language English