While it was originally done with the audio muted in order to prevent the album's songs from leaking, Otep eventually used it to do small in-studio shows before the band started touring.

From poetry, to politics, to shock and awe, to sex and righteousness, to standing up and fighting back.

Like the mystical symbol of the Ouroboros (the sacred serpent swallowing its tail) all things will be brought back to circle."

According to Otep, "Ur A Wmn Now" (stylised in all caps) is the final part of a sequence of songs starting with "Emtee" from Sevas Tra, and continuing with "Autopsy Song" from House of Secrets and "Perfectly Flawed" from The Ascension.

[2] Lyrically, the song "deals with the archaic and sometimes barbaric rites and rituals, that transition girls into women.

It is a challenge to those social and cultural fossils and offers a rather common sense idea for what a real woman is: someone, who has accepted the responsibility of becoming their own person and with it, all the struggles, sacrifices, and successes.

"[2] Koichi Fukada of Static-X and Emilie Autumn contributed piano and violin to the song, respectively.

In an interview to Damnation Vault, Otep explained the concept behind "Kisses and Kerosene";"I had read an article about a rather diseased rodent of a human being, who had hurt some children in the most terrible way imaginable.

To promote the album, Otep embarked on the "Rise, Rebel, Resist" Tour in the US along with Victory labelmates Bury Your Dead and Destrophy.

[8] Ultimately, the album sold 10,400 copies in its first week of release to debut at #47 on The Billboard 200 chart.

In a negative review from Exclaim!, Laina Dawes said; "Everyone knows that Shamaya's messages are what hold this band together, but it doesn't have to be so painfully obvious.