Bodied

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Bodied is written by Eli Horowitz and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 057872989X (ISBN 10) and 9780578729893 (ISBN 13).

Maya has a graveyard shift at the post office, a ma whose temper rises even faster than the rent, and all of the million daily headaches of life as a young woman of color in NYC in 2011. Her one saving grace is her local video game arcade, home of New York's feisty, burgeoning fighting game tournament scene - which, if everything goes according to plan, is going to be Maya's new side hustle. But those plans are interrupted after she gets banned for standing up to a trash-talker who goes too far.To get back into the arcade and fight for her independence and respect, Maya will partner with a team of up-and-coming players and learn to defeat not just her opponents but also her circumstances and her own worst instincts. Along the way, she'll learn that people aren't always what they seem, that there's more than one way for her to hold her own in the male-dominated FGC, and that finding your place in the world isn't always enough if you can't also find your time.Bodied takes inspiration from old-school rap and R&B, pop anime, Chinese wuxia cinema, ancient philosophy, and the real-life history of America and the American FGC. Put it all together and you get a unique coming-of-age story with sneaky literary chops, a modern mashup between The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and A League of Their Own.