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2017-10-11T20:33:32-08:00

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Coming Out and Staying In: A Rumination on National Coming Out Day

Last updated on: October 11, 2017 at 8:33 pm By Misha Magdalene

Many of us are "out"—visible, vocal, and open—and many of us are still invisible, still hidden. Even as we step out to be seen, heard, and witnessed, we must also honor those who cannot make that choice, those who remain hidden out of dire, even mortal, necessity. Read more

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2017-10-07T00:03:05-08:00

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Mixtape of Shadows: Edward Ka-Spel (The Legendary Pink Dots, The Tear Garden)

Last updated on: October 7, 2017 at 12:03 am By Misha Magdalene

Perhaps most telling is that, whenever I try to explain to someone what it's like to see the world through fey, enchanted eyes, I find myself sounding more like an Edward Ka-Spel song than is comfortable, for me or for my conversation partner. Read more

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2018-02-04T17:36:28-08:00

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The Queerness at the Heart of the Charge: Gnosis and Exegesis

Last updated on: February 4, 2018 at 5:36 pm By Misha Magdalene

If we assume Valiente is the author of the Charge, she is clearly allowed some latitude in the interpretation of her work, and while she herself initially held to a heterosexist interpretation of the Wiccan magicosexual ethic, she later abjured this position quite decisively, Read more

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2017-10-03T14:28:19-08:00

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The Intrinsic Queerness of Witchcraft, and Why It Matters

Last updated on: October 3, 2017 at 2:28 pm By Misha Magdalene

Witchcraft is inherently queer, deriving much of its power from its transgressive queerness, and any attempt to deny its intrinsic queerness is ultimately a attempt to divest it of power. Read more

2017-10-02T00:46:07-08:00

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Mixtape of Shadows (Three Different Ones): serpentwithfeet, Wolves in the Throne Room, Anomie Belle

Last updated on: October 2, 2017 at 12:46 am By Misha Magdalene

What these artists share in common is the glimmering thread of mystery and magic shot through the fabric of their music. In some cases, that magic is overt and explicit, impossible to miss. In others, it's a knowing nod and a wink, a subtle layer of context for the careful listener. Read more

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2017-09-21T20:52:46-08:00

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Mabon and Everything After, or, Learning to Love the Equinox

Last updated on: September 21, 2017 at 8:52 pm By Misha Magdalene

The imminent arrival of the Autumnal Equinox makes this as good a time as any to confess that I’ve never felt any particular attachment to the “Wheel of the Year.” Am I a bad witch? Or am I thinking about this from the wrong perspective? Read more

2017-09-18T20:37:34-08:00

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Clouds in My Coffee: Addressing Some Criticisms, and Offering a Few More

Last updated on: September 18, 2017 at 8:37 pm By Misha Magdalene

If, after a careful examination of both our traditions and our consciences, we come to the conclusion that gender is an inextricable religious value inherent to our praxis, I want us to be honest about what that means, both practically and philosophically. Read more

2017-09-15T16:11:19-08:00

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Meeting My First Pagans: An Autobiographical Interlude

Last updated on: September 15, 2017 at 4:11 pm By Misha Magdalene

If she was telling the truth—if there really were druids and witches and magicians still kicking around at the tail end of the 20th century—then everything I thought I knew about history, mythology, and religion was a tower of lies. Read more

2018-02-04T17:30:15-08:00

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Tracing the Thread: Critiquing Gender Essentialism in Paganism, Polytheism, and Magic

Last updated on: February 4, 2018 at 5:30 pm By Misha Magdalene

Gender essentialism isn't a Wiccan problem, nor even a Pagan problem. It's a human problem, one which plays out in every culture that buys into its assumptions. Read more

2017-09-12T01:36:30-08:00

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“How It Ought to Be”: The Problem of Gender Essentialism

Last updated on: September 12, 2017 at 1:36 am By Misha Magdalene

Pagans and polytheists like to think we're free from gender-based bigotry, but are we really? Let's start digging into our problems with gender essentialism with the help of... a right-wing Catholic blogger? Read more

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