Articles (ok maybe some rants…) about politics and things in the news. FYI I’m a left winger so don’t bother complaining about “wokeness” or whatever. Nazis & fascists of all kinds will be blocked without comment.
Joy and the Wolf of Fascism
Two years ago, at a pagan gathering near Atlanta, Ga, during a Seiðr ritual the god Loki made a stunning entrance. The Volva (the oracle who, in a trance state, connects with Otherworld beings to answer questions for and give messages to attendees) was suddenly possessed by the god, dancing and laughing in a manner […]
An Appalachian Lughnassadh: Lugh, Fascism & Family Trauma
It’s been just over a year since we signed the papers and finally settled down on a mountaintop in western North Carolina. Sometimes I drive around town and still marvel that I’m here, on the very mountain that I used to feel protected by as a child. Last year at Lughnassadh, we were still digging […]
So You Want To Hex a Public Figure
There’s apparently quite a controversy brewing over on Tik Tok about hexing public figures, such as Supreme Court Justices. Having cast a few successful hexes, I’m here to offer some guidance on how to do it effectively. First off: I’m not Wiccan, and do not subscribe to any “rule of three.” Some of the controversy […]
How Sharing Trauma Can Make A Difference
Heartbreaking Stories of “Late Term Abortions” Helped Me See The Lies I’d Been Told By the “Pro-Life” Movement I was raised to believe abortion was murder. That as an adoptee, it was only because I was born before Roe v Wade that I was born at all. My mother told me often, when I complained […]
Sorry, Amy Coney Barrett: Adoption is NOT The Answer To Abortion
As an adoptee, I’ve known from a young age that I could have been aborted. When I was gestating in 1970, North Carolina was one of the few states that already allowed abortion in limited circumstances (danger to mother’s health, rape, incest or likely damaged fetus.) As my birth sister explained it, my mother was […]
My Dad Goes Too Far
This article originally appeared on Pentecostal to Pagan November, 2016. It is the story of the first time I ever REALLY stood up to my father. CW: Verbal abuse, narcissistic manipulation, reference to sexual assault. Oh, and politics… So, my dad is a big Trump supporter. He’s also a huge Duke fan, so clearly he […]
Donald Trump and Sexual Assault
CW: Sexual Assault of a minor. First appeared on Pentecostal to Pagan in October, 2016 At the age of 14 I went to a concert. The adult relative who took me stayed in our assigned seats while I went down to the front to join the crush of other teen girls screaming over our heartthrob. […]