Tag: Witchcraft
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Ultimate Fantasy: Magic, Murder & Performing Femininity in The Love Witch
Melissa Pleckham explains that for thousands of years there has been no symbol of feminine power more polarizing than the witch. Societal perceptions of witchcraft have swung wildly from reverence to scorn and back again, as female healers and magicians are viewed as either benevolent sages or as cunning manipulators seeking only to castrate men,…