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So You Want to Work with Fairies
Before reading this, I recommend checking out my most recent post, where I cover some common misconceptions about these beings. As in that post, here I will be using euphemisms like the Good People or the Other Crowd, since the word “fairy” is considered rude or offensive by many of the Good People. Now that…
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Misconceptions About Fairies
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of buzz around the Good People on social media, as well as in my local witchy community. I’ve also seen a lot of misinformation being passed along and people being encouraged to dive in the deep end without knowing what they’re getting into, so I want to address some…
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The Green Knight as a Fairy Journey
“In this domain more marvels have by men been seen than in any other that I know of since that olden time.” – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by J. R. R. Tolkien In my previous post, we talked about how Arthurian legend combines pagan and Christian elements to create a syncretic mythology.…
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The Holy Grail: Pagan or Christian?
[Note: This is a repost from my Tumblr. The original post was published on May 16, 2022.] The Holy Grail may be one of the most enduring parts of Arthurian legend. It’s shown up everywhere from Indiana Jones to The Da Vinci Code, and is almost as essential to our modern image of King Arthur…
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If You Have a Uterus, You Need to Read This Book
A Woman’s Book of Choices: Abortion, Menstrual Extraction, RU-486 by Rebecca Chalker and Carol Downer was recommended to me by a friend the day after the news broke that the US Supreme Court was voting to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate federal abortion protections. She knew that, like a lot of people, I was…
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A Woman’s Book of Choices by Carol Downer and Rebecca Chalker
A Woman’s Book of Choices: Abortion, Menstrual Extraction, RU-486 by Rebecca Chalker and Carol Downer is one of the most informative books I have ever read (and I read a lot of books). I learned more about my own reproductive organs, about abortion, and about birth control from this one book than I have from…
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What You Need to Know About DIY Abortions
[Note: This is a repost from my Tumblr. The original post was published on May 3, 2022.] This knowledge might save a life someday. That might sound like an exaggeration, but like I mentioned in my last post, the Supreme Court’s pending decision to overturn Roe v. Wade opens the door to new state laws…
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The Day Our Grandmothers Warned Us About
[Note: this is a repost from my Tumblr. The original post was published on May 3, 2022.] Just a head’s up: this isn’t going to be as polished as my usual blog posts. I didn’t plan this post in advance, so this is kind of just a stream-of-consciousness thing to help me process what’s going…
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Rich white people aren’t sympathetic: a review of The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Hey guys, I’m aware that this isn’t really my usual type of content (not counting my short-lived attempt at book blogging, which actually started as a project for a journalism class), but I’m coming off my second week in a row of overtime while also trying to finish my bachelor’s degree and promote my new…
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Norse Pagan “Holy Water”
Note: This is something I’ve come up with by combining my American folk magic practice with Heathen cosmology and prayer. While some modern Heathen magic is based on spells found in historic sources, that’s not what this is. This is 100% modern and 100% of my own creation. As someone who practices Southern/Appalachian folk magic…
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