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Poisoned Treats and Lures for Witchy Wednesday

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Monica Valentinelli

When you conjure a witch in your mind? What do they look like? Are you picturing an older woman with deep wrinkles and gnarled hands? What’s their demeanor? Cruel, mischievous, or kind? Depictions of witches around Halloween are influenced by folk tales, like the German “Snow White” fairy tale collected and published in 1812 by […]

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New Web Series about Yoruba Witches Launches on Kickstarter

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Monica Valentinelli

Despite the prominence of witches in pop culture, black women tend to be cast in supporting roles. From Rochelle’s prominent role in The Craft (1996) to films where the supernatural is merely hinted at like Eve’s Bayou (1997), the genre of magic-related films and television shows have yet to embrace black women in the role […]

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