Daughters of Jubilation

Real-world violence includes a description of choking and drowning someone to death, a rape victim who fights off her attacker and says it's clear he didn't "finish what he started," a viscous gang beating that includes breaking fingers by stomping on them, a murder by gunshot, a teen who was "hurt in an unspeakable way" when she was little, a past accidental death from falling out a window, villains throwing rocks, scratching a face until it bleeds, a guard kicking a shackled prisoner, a teen with a swollen eye hit by her uncle, and lots of menace and dread. Fantasy violence includes using magical powers to choke and to throw people and objects across rooms. Ghosts take human form, throw people in a bonfire, and eat the bodies. The ghosts' horrific appearances show the ways in which they were tortured to death.

Having sex and receiving oral sex are described without mentioning specific body parts but mentioning joining, rocking, moaning, moving inside, and "having their moment" at the same time. A first time mentions "he moves into me" and brief pain that goes away. Sex is implied once as "working off energy." An erection is suggested by having difficulty adjusting pants and "keep looking at it." Some kissing and making out are described. One unpleasant kiss is an attempt to gain time away from the villain. Evalene is able to prevent pregnancy magically, but the importance of condoms in preventing STDs is mentioned. Evalene tries to manipulate her menstrual flow magically but it doesn't work. A friend and a store clerk are scandalized that Evalene uses tampons.

"S--t," "f--ker," "nigga," the "N" word, "bitch," "ass," "holy hell," and "cooches." Variations of "Jesus" and "Christ" as exclamations. Historically accurate use of "colored" people. One character mentions "CP time."

Historically accurate teen smoking with a mention along the lines of "now they're saying it causes cancer." A grandmother smokes a pipe. Villains spit tobacco juice. Evalene carries a purse flask and spikes some punch at a party. Once she has a shot of whiskey in the daytime even though she knows it's wrong.