This collection of essays was both powerful and thought-provoking. It tackles complex issues of race, gender, and the body with raw honesty and insight. Each essay felt deeply personal yet universally relatable, and I loved how difficult topics were unpacked with vulnerability and clarity.

It challenges you to think critically about the world around you. This is one of those books that stays with you long after you’ve turned the last page.

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.