{"product_id":"anorew","title":"Anorexorcism, by E. D. Watson","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 40 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eE. D. Watson’s \u003cem\u003eAnorexorcism\u003c\/em\u003e is a blistering, triumphant exploration of disordered eating, gender identity, and conservative Christianity. The collection chronicles Watson’s struggle with self-harm, and the way those destructive behaviors were informed by church teachings about women and sexuality. Watson susses out other influences as well: beauty culture, misogyny, and a lack of clinical understanding around gender identity at the time she came of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOf this collection, Watson says, “These poems were written by, for, and through my body. For many years, I didn’t understand why I engaged in such deadly behaviors, only that I couldn’t anymore. Writing these poems was an epiphany. They represent the final stage in healing my relationship with my body, and liberation from toxic ideology. They are a record of my recovery, as well as a celebration of who and what I am, and what I’ve overcome.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eAnorexorcism\u003c\/em\u003e are a reclamation of appetites and a battle-hymn of self-love. They call out predators by name. These poems shed shame and run naked with scars and cellulite on display. They masturbate. They bleed and shit and meditate. They won’t sit still in church. They are a little bit gay. They are not for your mom. They are for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eE. D. Watson (she\/they) is a poet and yoga instructor in Central Texas, with an MFA in Creative Writing and training with the Institute for Poetic Medicine. Their classes integrate asana with therapeutic writing to enhance healing and self-knowledge. She also helps produce \u003cem\u003eWhen the River Speaks\u003c\/em\u003e, a community poetry and art zine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"E.D. Watson","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":44204799361339,"sku":"ANOREW","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":44204799394107,"sku":"ANOREWe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/products\/anorexorcismfront.png?v=1697489599","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/anorew","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}