let me devour - a review of "Nightbitch" by Rachel Yoder
Firstly, an apology for being MIA for a literal year. Things happen, I guess! Anyway, I'm hoping to post more frequently, and do a combo of full reviews, ratings, and other bits and pieces. TW! This work (and review) contains gore and violence, particularly directed towards animals. “How many generations of women had delayed their greatness only to have time extinguish it completely? How many women had run out of time while the men didn’t know what to do with theirs? And what a mean trick to call such things holy or selfless. How evil to praise women for giving up each and every dream.” Nightbitch brilliantly blends strong feminist critique with shockingly brutal body horror. It shows motherhood as the best - and the worst - thing that can happen to a woman; something magical and horrible. Yoder reminds us - through Nightbitch and her transformations, of the animal inside us all, our connection to nature and to violence; the violence of childbirth, the violence of motherhoo...
