"Spurred on by nineties "family values" campaigns and determined to better herself through education, a teen mom talks her way into college. Disgusted by an overabundance of phallocratic narratives and Freytag's pyramid, she turns to a subcultural canon of resistance and failure. Wryly riffing on feminist literary tropes, it documents the survival of a demonized single mother figuring things out"-- Provided by publisher. "In this novel, Ariel Gore is a teen mom, aspiring writer, and feminist witch trying to get a college education during the first Bush administration, all the while combating queer scapegoating, domestic violence, and high-interest student loans"-- Provided by publisher. Ariel Gore has been spurred on by nineties "family values" campaigns, and is determined to better herself through education. This teen mom, aspiring writer and feminist witch talks her way into college. She becomes disgusted by an overabundance of phallocratic narratives, while combating queer scapegoating, domestic violence, and high-interest student loans.
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