A celebration of girlhood and all of its struggles and triumphs. Digging deep into sexuality, acceptance of the body, survival of trauma, and learning to love yourself in spite of everything telling you not to, these poems use sharp narratives and visceral imagery to get to the heart of a many-layered existence, speaking to many generations at once.

When the fat girl gets skinny -- Theories about the universe -- I didn't always salivate over skeletons -- Before the starving -- Dress code -- High school -- Girl code 101 -- Blood-rose -- Beauty revelation -- When your therapist asks -- Pocket-sized feminism -- Skirt steak girls -- I don't have to forgive you -- The ghost who stars in my poetry -- Evolution of healing -- Class clown -- Too pissed to be sad anymore -- Fossilizing trauma -- Concerns from a hot-boxed jeep -- Gal pals -- The way I was taught to love -- Marriage diorama -- Taxidermy -- The ship I built -- The kindest thing she almost did -- What I couldn't explain via text -- Smoke -- An invitation -- Lipstick -- The lesbian reevaluates -- Everything is fluid -- I lose my voice during sex -- For the rapists who called themselves feminists -- Balancing -- The aesthetic of rape culture -- To live in the body of a survivor -- More interesting than suffering -- If your body could speak -- Pruning into art -- Relapse -- Eat -- On an empty stomach -- Horoscopes for self-doubt -- Yet another rape poem -- Here.