{"id":6604,"date":"2014-07-20T18:24:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T00:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6604"},"modified":"2014-07-20T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T00:24:18","slug":"choose-how-cute-or-evil-she-should-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6604","title":{"rendered":"“Choose How Cute or Evil She Should Be”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"historical<\/a>The sexy witch. The evil witch. The cute witch. What accessories should she wear? What animal is her familiar? And where did she come from?<\/p>\n

When I ran across this website (another update of the old paper doll)<\/a>, I thought of two things right away.<\/p>\n

One was a book co-authored by my friend Nikki Bado, Toying with God: The World of Religious Games and Dolls<\/em>,<\/a> all about board games and Muslim Barbie dolls, etc. Nothing Pagan or Crafty in it. But still, is this a “religious doll”?<\/p>\n

And there was Ethan Doyle White’s recent interview with Ronald Hutton<\/a>, in which Hutton discusses his latest project, “a comprehensive study of the concept of the witch, in a global, ancient and folkloric setting, to understand more fully the context of the early modern<\/a> witch trials.”<\/p>\n

If he does not address the “sexy witch” archetype, I will be sadly disappointed. This website is “historical,” it says so. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

But really, “cuteness” did not figure much in the witch trials. It’s more about that old black magic<\/a><\/em> in a contemporary sense.The image of the sexy, magical woman has enormous power, don’t you think? Not to mention fashion possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sexy witch. The evil witch. The cute witch. What accessories should she wear? What animal is her familiar? And where did she come from? When I ran across this website (another update of the old paper doll), I thought of two things right away. 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