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May 2026

May 24, 2026

And Now, a Word on Transphobia

We don't want anyone to feel unwelcome... oh, wait, their bigotry makes you feel unwelcome?...

September 2025

September 13, 2025

Zach Cregger Thinks I’m a Parasite: A Weaponized Review

After sitting through WEAPONS, I can no longer feign interest in social commentary from heterosexual...

March 2025

March 23, 2025

Further Tales of Life as a Witch in Retail

If your intuition is telling you that a given situation calls for Witchcraft, trust your...

October 2024

October 31, 2024

Zoinks, Ruh-roh, Jinkies, Jeepers, Wicca

I am about 87% convinced that today's young Pagans have negative opinions of Wicca entirely...

July 2024

July 13, 2024

A Midsommar Night’s Dream (Or, Disco Inferno)

It's certainly not the weirdest way Eris has ever reached out to me. And hey,...

May 2024

May 09, 2024

Frankly, My Dude, You’re Missing a Stair

There's a big difference between "Do these lacy unmentionables fit correctly?" and "BEHOLD HOW THE...

March 2024

March 07, 2024

Let Them Hex Themselves

It seems I’ve been named as a person of interest in a local subcultural scandal....

January 2024

January 13, 2024

POV: You’re the Switzerland of a Witch War

Never underestimate the dark power of bottomless mimosas.

November 2023

November 10, 2023

Paganocidal Tendencies (or, Frenemies at the Festival)

A record of my spiritual development, and a harbinger of whatever bizarre situation my friend...

May 2023

May 23, 2023

All Fails Are Final: Life as a Witch in Retail

Out here in the non-fiction boondocks of customer service, witches are unfortunately stuck playing by...

May 18, 2023

When Someone You Know Thinks You’re Wiccan

If you practice any kind of witchcraft, someone will eventually ask if you're Wiccan. And...

March 2023

March 19, 2023

Brothers in Arms and the Magic of Matching Tattoos

The majority of our escapades left behind lasting impressions, but my favorite exploit left permanent...

January 2023

January 30, 2023

Dreaming True Lies: Psychic Flashes Revisited

You know that feeling when you wake up absolutely furious with someone for something they...

December 2022

December 03, 2022

The Wiccan Under the Bed

Whenever I publish an article with "Wicca" in the title, someone immediately complains. And fear...

November 2022

November 29, 2022

I Am the Kink Witch of TikTok, and I’m Making That Everyone’s Problem

I’ve also got 184 dabloons, if anyone is running low.

August 2022

August 17, 2022

Anatomy of a Witch Oracle: A Neurodiverse Review

How the oracle already seems to know me better than I know myself is beyond...

August 04, 2022

Broom Closet Blitz: Getting Outed as a Witch

As much as I love being described as a Dungeons & Dragons character, it's surprisingly...

July 2022

July 07, 2022

Becoming Thumper: Microaggressions and Pagan Identity

The name started out as a joke at my expense. But I claimed it and...

July 02, 2022

Queer Pride and Straight Prejudice

It was an extremely hectic but enjoyable Pride Weekend. And I only had to deal...

June 2022

June 11, 2022

I Broke My Job with Sigils, and You Can Too

Hindsight is freaking hilarious, and bad decisions make great stories. As such, I am 100%...

May 2022

May 05, 2022

Wake Me Up Before You Disco: Wokeness in Discordianism

If our anarchy isn't happy, and we're bent on taking anyone's freedom away, then we're...

May 03, 2022

Big Gay Beltane

I wasn't worried about my dad's acceptance, but I was concerned that he might not...

April 2022

April 28, 2022

Storm Faerywolf Hates James McAvoy: A Discordian Review of The Satyr’s Kiss

Storm Faerywolf can block me on social media, but he can't escape the pyroclastic cloud...

April 17, 2022

That Feeling When Your Friends Are More Psychic Than You Are

Even those of us who spend our days immersed in the occult tend to freak...

April 12, 2022

Catching the Spirit of Leather

"That wasn't an interview," he said. "It was an audition. You're my new co-host." Thus...

April 08, 2022

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

Nothing is true, and everything is permitted, but trust me on the sunscreen.

March 2022

March 24, 2022

Fertility Symbols and the Witch Who Won’t Stop Hoarding Them

It's me. I am that Witch.

March 05, 2022

Unwitting Witchcraft (Or, The Case of a Christian’s Unconscious Conjure)

Can someone with no occult knowledge or training inadvertently cast a spell? I've never been...

February 2022

February 25, 2022

The Love Spell That Didn’t Work

Sometimes, the spells that seem to fail provide happier endings than the ones that succeed.

February 06, 2022

A Mythic Cycle of Non-Binary Archetypes

If Pagans whose genders fall left of center want to squish ourselves into archetypical boxes,...