And it wasn't the people she's talking to who couldn't burn them, it was their great, great, great great grandparents. Hell, it could have been some of her own.
NGL, as a pagan myself, it is disrespectful both to pagans and to the women who were murdered in witch trials to pretend that they were actual witches. The overwhelming majority of women killed in the so-called "witch trials" were not doing anything that could be considered witchcraft, and they would consider being called a witch an insult.
We can condemn this bullshit without disrespecting these women by forcing a term on them that they would never have used themselves.
I assume it’s meant tongue-in-cheek. A jab at the ancestors who used the term to exert their oppression, and a means of taking back the word as we’ve seen with other derogatory terms.
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umbrella@lemmy.ml · 51 pts · 183d
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 183d
I love the energy.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 182d
absolutely glorious
iamthetot@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 183d
Don't give them any more ideas.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 183d
I hope that’s not AI
rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net · 27 pts · 183d
This was taken by a wedding photographer, Marlena Kuczko
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 32 pts · 183d
What a wedding lmao
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 182d
LMAO that's what I was thinking!
That reception is dope AF.
fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 182d
The world is burning.
Shanmugha@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 182d
Hell yeah
NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 182d
Probably more like great, great, great, great granddaughters. Also, in Iceland, most of the witches killed were men.
raid_dad@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 182d
And as we all know, men can’t have granddaughters.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 182d
And it wasn't the people she's talking to who couldn't burn them, it was their great, great, great great grandparents. Hell, it could have been some of her own.
Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -8 pts · 183d
NGL, as a pagan myself, it is disrespectful both to pagans and to the women who were murdered in witch trials to pretend that they were actual witches. The overwhelming majority of women killed in the so-called "witch trials" were not doing anything that could be considered witchcraft, and they would consider being called a witch an insult.
We can condemn this bullshit without disrespecting these women by forcing a term on them that they would never have used themselves.
wabasso@lemmy.ca · 32 pts · 183d
I assume it’s meant tongue-in-cheek. A jab at the ancestors who used the term to exert their oppression, and a means of taking back the word as we’ve seen with other derogatory terms.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 182d
Eh, it's complicated (if you must, look up Granny Weatherwax) but one assumes your goodwill. Be Thou Well.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 182d
... The terry prachett character?
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 182d
I assume STP would approve, maybe Tiffany Aching...but the idea was a psychological witchiness. Hence the blessing.
Poteau_Poutre@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 182d
Witch burning was a pagan thing. Christians tried to prevent the witch trials
Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 182d
.....no.