{"id":811,"date":"2007-02-07T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=811"},"modified":"2007-02-07T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T16:57:00","slug":"you-sexy-witch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"You Sexy Witch – 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, it’s not a porn site but a light-hearted collection of pop-culture witch images<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here is some World War II bomber “nose art,” for instance.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some of the images, such as those of Fiona Horne<\/a>, are not work-safe, however.<\/p>\n

I want to see the Halloween party hats<\/a> mentioned in the upcoming book on Pagan material culture (or on material-culture theory as applied to Paganism) in our Pagan studies series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two other issues connect here, at the very least.<\/p>\n

One is the idea of the body as “nature” and hence as a locus of nature religion, which I broached in Her Hidden Children<\/em><\/a> but about which a lot more could be said.<\/p>\n

Then there is also the complex of reasons why “witch” is typically gendered as female. (And what sort of female?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, it’s not a porn site but a light-hearted collection of pop-culture witch images. Here is some World War II bomber “nose art,” for instance. Some of the images, such as those of Fiona Horne, are not work-safe, however. 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