Slug is a collection of poems and related essays exploring different aspects of the author's life like her relationship with her grandmother's, growing up and becoming aware of the male gaze, periods, parenting, masturbation, sexuality and body image This book is fiercely feminist and unflinching. It's full of profanity, so readers not comfortable with swearing will want to steer clear. I loved the blend of humour and social and political commentary. 

So I love Hollie McNish's poetry — it is honest and direct and she reads it with such a clear and lovely cadence. I am less fond of her prose; I find it meandering and unfocussed and adds little by explaining the context or rationale of each poem, even when I agree with 95% of the political comment she makes. Sadly, this latter is the majority of the book. One example springs to mind: an anecdote about Hollie being sent out of an English classroom for staring at her teacher's cameltoe and then bursting into uncontrollable laughter. This is at best irritating and at worst sexual harassment. I am a transgender English teacher and not only see nothing funny or endearing about this story but also wonder at its inclusion — it does not paint Hollie in a good light, it is never referenced in her poems and it makes me feel icky to read; newly self-conscious in my classrooms about my already unusual body.  Poets, in general, are commanders of expressing much with few words. This book is 475 pages long. I think that speaks for itself.