I need to mull over this one.

I did enjoy it, but some essays felt too short, other felt a bit too clustered with so many different ideas that I forgot what was even the point at the beginning.

Still, I did enjoy these essays and I loved her intersectional point of view. As a fat latina who has lighter skin, I could definitely relate to parts of her essays, and the rest was very in your face so you couldn't look away from her experience.

I will definitely need to take a moment to write up a proper review, but I'm glad I read Savala Nolan's essays.

Read if you like: essays on race, gender, and society; Roxane Gay.
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In this book, Nolan writes essays as she explores her experiences being Black, white, and Mexican, being a Black woman, and her experiences with having a Black body that is considered too large by societies standards.
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Their writing is mesmerizing and I really enjoyed reading each essay. I especially liked her essay about moving to Italy, learning Italian, and the perception of race being in Europe. I also loved her conversation around incarceration, the state, and the justice system.
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CW: racism, sexism, fatphobia, incarceration, death of a loved one.