Comments on: Killing Spells, Underage Covens, and Bad Stereotypes

By: The Wild Hunt » It’s called Wicca and it’s empowering!

The Wild Hunt » It’s called Wicca and it’s empowering! — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:39:29 +0000

[...] in California for six years, Robin Tunney’s new show “The Mentalist” had an especially awful Witch-themed episode this year, and now Neve Campbell will be playing a Witch again in the upcoming 21st season of the animated [...]

By: thewildhunt

thewildhunt — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:30:10 +0000

Yes, the problem here must be that you're more perceptive than most.

By: Marc Mielke

Marc Mielke — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:30:09 +0000

Really, the entire remit of the show is debunking the supernatural. It's sort of the main character's thing.

By: peg

peg — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:30:08 +0000

It still looks like you replied to it; it's farther out towards the margin than later comments.

By: thewildhunt

thewildhunt — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:30:08 +0000

Did you actually watch the show?

By: The Wild Hunt » The Importance of Subcultural Signifiers in Popular Media, or, I Watched NCIS Last Night

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:38:13 +0000

[...] his powers of observation to debunk and mock the world he once inhabited. It’s little wonder their “Wiccan” character was a string of negative stereotypes, what was holding the writers back? Certainly not anticipated outrage from the Pagan community, [...]

By: The Wild Hunt » What Do People Know About Wicca?

The Wild Hunt » What Do People Know About Wicca? — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:45:42 +0000

[...] far we’ve come, and how far we have to go. It’s why media depictions of modern Pagans are still an important issue. We may be jaded to all the innaccurate and exaggerated lampoons of our belief systems, but for [...]

By: The Wild Hunt » What’s Up With CBS Lately?

The Wild Hunt » What’s Up With CBS Lately? — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:46:26 +0000

[...] I thought that the rather bad “Witch” episode of CBS’s show The Mentalist was an isolated quirk, but now it seems like it’s a part of [...]

By: Lasher

Lasher — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:43:23 +0000

Perfectly correct, Carter – perfectly correct!

By: jaundicedeye

jaundicedeye — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:35:49 +0000

Even so there are quite a few professional Pagan fiction writers out there you know. Some of them probably read this blog. I offer the suggestion in case they are among the readers.