Editorial: Twin Cities
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott comments on the ongoing federal siege of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the efforts of ordinary people to protect their neighbors, even in the face of death.
Skincare as Sorcery: The Occult Economics of K-Beauty and Glass Skin Witchcraft
“This is a grimoire,” writes Beatrix Kondo. “You must learn which extracts do what, which acids exfoliate, which peptides build collagen, which ferments penetrate deepest. You must study. You must practice. You must have faith.”
Book Review: The Wax Child
“For contemporary practitioners of Witchcraft, the novel demands wrestling with a complicated history,” Cosette Paneque writes. “These women weren’t claiming the identity of ‘Witch.’ They were sharing knowledge, building community, exercising what small control they could over their precarious lives.”
Hope, Blood, and Heritage: The Iranian Revolt Through the Eyes of an Iranian Pagan
In her own words, an Iranian Pagan recounts life, faith, and fear under Iran’s theocracy, explaining how ancient stories, seasonal rites, and spiritual identity have become tools of survival and resistance against the regime during the current protests.