peluda (Button Poetry)

Excellent, heartfelt poetry. Easy for anyone to read, but still meaningful and powerful. Will stick in your heart.

Great book - she deconstructs white feminism in the way she writes about body hair and being seen through a pretty white girl gaze. This won't be the last from Melissa. I'm excited to read what she has to say next.

She wrote a poem that has been etched in my brain, the Women In My Family Are B*these. I didn't expect the entire book would swim around in my mind rent free for so long. I would highly recommend.

A really excellent collection from a poet who I only just discovered, but am looking forward to reading more of. I loved how it touched out the oft-buried taboos of women and body hair and the societal expectations they tend to engender. How a lot of the hatred and judgment starts early, and grows and grows. There were definitely parts that hit close to home, and reminded me a lot of the painful judgment I cast on myself when I was growing up. I especially liked when Melissa mentions the girls who (and I'm paraphrasing) "took a whole election cycle to grow a single tuft of armpit hair." Almost stood up and cheered, like YES. Subverting beauty "norms" looks different on everyone, and is less socially acceptable on those of us whose legs get a five o'clock shadow an hour after getting out of the shower. This was a collection both intimate and universal, and I'm looking forward to checking out more of her work.

Worth buying and reading!

Peluda is a magnifience collection of poems. My favorite was and will always be the one about being b*tches. I heard it on youtube first and fell in love with it then.

Pelyda is a beautiful concept piece. My only complaint is that I wanted more! Melissa is an incredible writer and I look forward to seeing what she does next.

I happen on a Facebook video of her reading one of her poems after doing my research I found this book and it was everything I hoped it it's going to be . It's very real and personal and I love it .

La voz inmigrante de Melissa tiene el arrojo y la pasión de las personas que luchan por entender y asimilar su identidad intercultural en el Estados Unidos millennial que conocemos. La idea de que su cuerpo moreno y peludo lucha por ser querido, principalmente por ella misma, da pie a bellos poemas de amor (propio).

Absolutely perfect! I love Melissa and her works and purchased her book and was NOT disappointed! Would recommend to everyone, mostly people who love slam poetry, melissa and/or the Hispanic culture, well done melissa, thank you for sharing your work with the world.

If you have Latino roots, that’s the book for you. If you don’t, it’s the chance to know a little bit more about second generation immigrants.

Great read before bed. Love it.

Wasn’t expecting it to be really thin. The content is good though.