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Witchcraft has been feared, mocked and romanticized — but rarely has it been fully understood as a story of feminist resistance and enduring cultural power. Feminist studies scholar Jane Ward has set out to change that narrative. Her latest book — a collaboration with co-author Soma Chaudhuri — introduces “feminist witch studies,” a new interdisciplinary field that explores the power, persecution and political dimensions of witchcraft across cultures. Ward, a professor at UC Santa Barbara, first engaged with the subject while preparing a course on the history of witches and witchcraft. Known for her work in sexuality and gender studies...

The woman was beaten to death following allegations of witchcraft against her.(Nigeria) A State High Court in Enugu State has discharged a Nigerian man who was charged with the murder of a woman accused of being a witch. The man, Michael Chukwuilo, was charged with the murder of the woman, Agatha Chukwuilo, in Ululor, a community in Awgu Local Government Area of the state. How it happenedIn January 2022, the man was said to have alleged that Agatha had killed many villagers through witchcraft and had perfected plans to kill her daughter and husband, Remigius Chukwuilo. Agatha was said to...

t wasn’t so long ago — just last year, in fact — that social media was awash with would-be Kardashians: super-straight shiny hair, bee-stung lips covering blinding white teeth, doe eyes streaked with mascara and a wasp waist dividing an ample butt and prominent breasts. But — in tandem with the rise of Ozempic and other GLP-1 medications — that image is fading fast. Even the Kardashians themselves are deflating, with butts apparently reduced and fillers seemingly dissolved. But as always in plastic surgery, it’s all about the details... Your Wattage May Vary When it comes to smiles, “L.A. has...

A Mexican woman believed to be a witch with cartel ties, was killed after she tried to snatch an 18-month-old out his parents' arms with the stated intent of killing the child as sacrifice to the patron saint of cartels. Before Maria Guadalupe R.M., 33, tried to kidnap the child, she had made it known to her nephew, also the father of the child, that she believed a dead family member had been reincarnated as his son, reported local newspaper Norte Digital. Sunday, she broke into her relatives' Ciudad Juarez home as her nephew slept with his wife and son...

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Inside” that former President Donald Trump is a dangerous and evil person.Pelosi said, “It was a total manifesto of lies, and that’s what we saw the other night, which must be rejected, as well as his candidacy. One that stood out was abouJanuary 6th. This man would not send the National Guard. The Republicans know that. We were asking for it, begging for it to the Secretary of Defense and the president, of course, is the ultimate Commander-in-chief and he would not send it. For him to go on TV and lie...

Pennsylvania parents are demanding answers after a “queer witch” was brought into the school to speak to 14-year-olds about dating violence and survey the children on sexual topics. The controversy began last year when parents at the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District in Chester County found out that Deni Tobin, a “genderqueer” woman who uses male pronouns, spoke to high school students about dating. Tobin is a “practitioner astrologer and rune reader” with an organization called Prana House, where Tobin regularly hosts meetups for “queer witches.” After she was brought to Unionville High School to give a talk on “safe dating,”...

Democrats insist Gretchen Whitmer is popular. At one point in 2020, there was even talk of her being Biden's VP (we guess they decided they needed skin color as well as sex to check off more boxes though). Most of us recognize she's a nightmare, and has been for years.

Twice-failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea won an Emmy for their documentary about Afghanistan’s youngest female mayor titled “In Her Hands.” Via The Hollywood Reporter: Hillary Clinton, the former first lady, senator, secretary of state and Democratic party presidential candidate, can now add another feather to her cap: Emmy winner. Clinton, along with her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, were executive producers of the Netflix documentary In Her Hands, a film about the youngest female mayor in the history of Afghanistan, which on Thursday night was awarded the Emmy for politics and government documentary during the second evening of...

The billionaire businessman, 51, said in a Tweet Sunday, 'Looking to hire a VP of Witchcraft & Propaganda,' after Fox referred to herself as a 'witch' amid a social media row with conservative commentator Robby Starbuck, who was critical of how the 37-year-old actress is raising her three sons. The tweet from the owner of Tesla and Twitter owner garnered a number of responses, including multiple mentions of Fox following her remarks. In response to one user who told the Pretoria, South Africa native that Fox is 'bad at propaganda,' Musk replied, 'Nobody is perfect.' Musk's tweets came a day...

ShareFacebookTwitterRedditTelegramVKEmail The deadly mass shooting in Philly on Monday night, which the media hyped on the hope the shooter was a white guy, was allegedly carried out by 40-year-old black transgender "Black Lives Matter supporter" Kimbrady Watson Carriker. From the NY Post, "Gunman arrested for Philadelphia mass shooting which left 5 dead is BLM activist who wore women’s clothes: sources": On his Facebook page, Carriker posted two pictures of him wearing a bra, a women’s top and earrings with his hair braided long in March, three months before the alleged shooting. He also regularly posts about supporting Black Live Matter,...

Former Attorney General Bill Barr pushed back on former President Trump’s characterization of the special counsel’s documents probe as politically motivated and said he thinks the public eventually will come to realize the former president’s culpability. “Over time, people will see that this is not a case of the Department of Justice conducting a witch hunt,” Barr said in an interview on CBS Tuesday. “In fact, they approached this very delicately and with deference to the president, and this would have gone nowhere had the president just returned the documents. But he jerked them around for a year and a...

For the spiritually minded Nigerians, Nollywood actress, Anita Joseph, has a tip for you, on how to identify witches and wizards. In a post she made on social media recently, Anita opined that those who get angry over other people’s victory, can be classified as witches and wizards. “The easiest way to know that you have become a witch, is when good news hurts you and bad news makes you happy,” Anita opined. She however gave a solution to those who exhibit her definition of witchcraft. 'Super Mario' is year's first film to pass $1bn globally “If good news Irritates...

A school district in Colorado hired a self-proclaimed “genderqueer shapeshifter” and “witch” to conduct staff training on “transgender” issues. According to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Parents Defending Education (PDE), the Thompson School District hired Silen Wellington, a “transgender” activist, to conduct the training. While specific information on the presentation was not provided, as the district was “not in possession of any materials,” it did include information on topics to be discussed.

The forewoman of the Georgia grand jury tasked with probing allegations of interference in the 2020 elections by former President Donald Trump and his associates has a bonkers Pinterest account featuring multiple references to witchcraft and magic spells.Multiple pins from a Pinterest board purportedly run by Emily Kohrs promoted literature about “Wicca, Witchcraft & Paganism,” in addition to several pins devoted to spell casting.The revelation came after Trump, 76, took to his Truth Social platform Wednesday to accuse Kohrs of being involved in the “greatest Witch Hunt of all time” after the lead juror went on a bizarre media tour...

Salem Witch Sandra Wright blows in the fumes from the incense during the Salem Witches' Magic Circle at Salem Common on Halloween in Salem, MA, on October 31, 2018. The ceremony involving local and visiting witches celebrates loved ones that have crossed over into the spirit world. The witches believe that on Halloween, the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest and connections can be made to those being mourned or missed. A Catholic high school counselor in Pennslyvania lost her job after inviting three "witches" to speak to students, who gave them crystals that Wiccans...

LOS GATOS, CA -- In a move celebrated by casual viewers but criticized by longtime fans of C.S. Lewis's children's book series The Chronicles Of Narnia, Netflix has released marketing materials confirming that The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe will feature the first-ever black White Witch."We wanted a more sympathetic approach to the famously white villain, and believe us - you're going to love the changes in store for each of Lewis's most beloved characters, which reflect the world we live in today." Showrunner Matthew Alrich wrote in a series of Tweets announcing the move. "We hope that sassy...

Nancy Pelosi called priests to perform 'exorcism' after husband's hammer attack, daughter saysFormer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had priests come to her San Francisco home to perform an "exorcism" after her husband was severely attacked in November, according to her daughter. Alexandra Pelosi, the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, told the New York Times that her mother called priests to perform an exorcism of the house over Thanksgiving, just weeks after David DePape allegedly attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer. Nancy Pelosi, her daughter said, felt "guilty" that her husband was injured by a man who was looking for her.

The Slavic crone, known for living in a house built on chicken legs and feasting on children, is a complex, and arguably feminist, figure – as a new book shows, says David Barnett. I In fairy tales, women of a certain age usually take one of two roles: the wicked witch or the evil stepmother, and sometimes both. A key figure from Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga certainly fulfils the requirements of the wicked witch – she lives in a house that walks through the forest on chicken legs, and sometimes flies around in a giant mortar and pestle. She usually...

Friday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) warned the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home was, at minimum, “overreach,” and something he said was “devastating.” Scott insisted the right path forward was winning in November to impanel an investigation.

Old witch Pelosi on her way to Taiwan after she disappeared from the radars🤣🤣 wait for it..