Some women's arousal is triggered by grief, others fear, some hate, some shame. Shame is inextricably tied to a childlike vulnerability, as lust is tied to desperation. In that desperation is an honesty, a common need, a root necessity unfulfilled but pursued, its fetishization inherent in its instrument or method of pain or taboo. ""Is this where you go?/is this where you run to?"" -excerpt from The Solanaceae Garden Grimoire Collection ******* Gloria Steele-Hatten is passionate about healing through the power of the Word, and loves engaging in socio-sexual-political discourse concerning representations of women in modern mass media and how these images inherit, perpetuate, challenge, or refute ancient ideas and representations of women, particularly in religious iconography, mythology, and ritual. Art for the paperback edition by Easton Davy (Instagram: @eastontheartist)