Writing Is the Best Form of Revenge

and other advice from the Hindu Goddess Kali

Samhara Kali by Raja Ravi Varma — Public Domain

Content warning: mentions of sexual assault

In The Girl and the Goddess, Nikita Gill’s coming of age novel told in a succession of poems, she tells the story of an Indian girl named Paro. The story follows Paro as she grows up, discovers her sexuality, navigates school, bullies, friendships and her…