Written by JLM; Published by GENDER FOCUS on June 21, 2015 *Substitutiary locomotion (definition): the craft of using the substitutive power of language for feminist purposes. Long before I had ever heard the word “feminist,” I knew about witches. What I knew about them, aside from their green noses and warts, which represent so obviously…
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and The Sapphic Resistance
I’ve learned that today is Angela Lansbury Appreciation Day. I appreciate Angela Lansbury every day but since she taught me about lesbian witches, I shall offer a brief comment on the first lesbian witch to win my heart: Ms. Price. The obvious must be stated: Ms. Price is a lesbian and Bedknobs and Broomsticks can…
All Things Wicked
The world points its deplorable finger at the most helpless and beautiful of its creatures, calling any threat to its destructive nature the very thing it is: wicked. I have made my life the space in witch: a space in which the proverbial witch may point her green finger back at the deplorable world and teach it the hex lesson it needs. Those…
Headmistress Press + Hexmistress Jess 