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“The 50’s, for all their historical patina, were an age of post-war innovation: the mixer, the slow cooker, the top load dishwasher,” writes Lauren Parker in her review of this favorite of Witch cinema. “And for more than just these appliances: the invention of the nuclear family and its purity.”
TV witches have always captivated me. As a child, I would sit cross-legged in front of the screen, completely spellbound by reruns of Samantha Stephens from Bewitched on Nick-at-Nite. I remember watching her effortlessly clean the house with a twitch of her nose, never realizing that there was something deeper going on in these portrayals of witches.
Statue of Samantha from Bewitched vandalized, arson attempt at TST, Crossings of the Veil and more news.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Panera Bread lawsuit, Druid wins legal challenge against Indiana Department of Correction, Messi the Mountain Lion, and more news.
Storm Faerywolf on the inherent queerness of Witchcraft and the magical power of taking “all acts of love and pleasure” as sacred.