Witches, Sluts, Feminists Quotes

“The witch is at once female divinity, female ferocity, and female transgression. She is all and she is one. The witch has as many moods and as many faces as the moon.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“The witch is undoubtedly the magical woman, the liberated woman, and the persecuted woman, but she can also be everywoman.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“Witches. These are strong women that are often misunderstood by the world.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“The idea of the witch has always been about subversive feminine power that doesn't align with conventional norms.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“Witches have always been women who dared to be: groovy, courageous, aggressive, intelligent, nonconformist, explorative, curious, independent, sexually liberated, revolutionary.
-W.I.T.C.H”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“However, what stores like Urban Outfitters—and every mall goth’s favorite, Hot Topic—offer is unprecedented access to subcultures often out of reach for young people. Those in rural areas without a local witch shop or knowledge about the occultic side of the internet can be introduced to an entire subculture through these stores. Perhaps they will pick up a tarot deck first as a gag gift, and then look further into the ancient practice of divination, and maybe even learn about the feminist history of Pamela Coleman Smith, a member of British occult society the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, who is responsible for creating the iconic images on the ubiquitous Rider-Waite deck. Where democratic dissemination ends and exploitation begins is tricky territory.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“If people are going to call her a witch, she’ll tell them she’s Hermione Granger.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“I think that women who know their own power are witches,” Biller told New Jack Witch, “and also women who are artists are witches. I was not raised with any religion, but I believe in magic as a real force in the world.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“What’s occurring now, with the fourth wave of feminism crashing, is that many female artists are using occult images, ritual gestures, and witch iconography to not only connect to the divine, but to continue to make space for themselves in a field which is still dominated by men. They’re utilizing herbs, candles, ceremonial garb, and goddess imagery, and mashing it up with digital treatments and modern technology. As such, they’re turning themselves into witches: women who create things and shift perception, who trust their intuition, and who have the power to change the world. Their work is spiritual and political at the same time.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“The Witch represents notions of a strange, unconventional, frighteningly, powerful womanhood. She is a servant to no one.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“We see that whether one is doing ritual, engaging in magical practice, cooking, studying, painting, writing, sculpting—it’s all holy work.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“Although any woman can be deemed a slut, more explicit erotic actions are an express ticket to the top of the list. And contrary to what some might think, slut-shaming (aka being judged for your real or perceived sexual expression) isn’t solely perpetrated by men. A 2014 study by a cross-party think tank found that women on Twitter slut-shame other women almost as much as men do.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“Witches have always been women who dared to be: groovy, courageous, aggressive, intelligent, nonconformist, explorative, curious, independent, sexually liberated, revolutionary.” —W.I.T.C.H.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“The woman who possesses love for her sex, for the world, for truth, justice and right, will not hesitate to place herself upon record as opposed to falsehood, no matter under what guise of age or holiness it appears.” —Matilda Joslyn Gage, Woman, Church and State”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“They can transform a single session of bondage and domination into a transformative ritual.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“A spell is a symbolic act done in an altered state of consciousness, in order to cause a desired change,” explains Starhawk.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“On Witches and Female Soothsayers” features woodcut prints of witches embracing the Devil, half-human, and half-animal creatures riding cooking forks, witches gathering around a cauldron, and witches gabbing with their wicked sisters over a meal.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“Victoria Woodhull was a free love and reproductive rights advocate who once made her living as a psychic and Spiritualist medium. In 1872 she also became the first woman to run for president of the United States, running on a ticket that included abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass as her vice president. A sex worker and equal opportunity slut, Woodhull is said to have saucily proclaimed: “I am a very promiscuous free lover. I want the love of you all, promiscuously. It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.” Her legacy is carried on today by the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, which works to “affirm sexual freedom as a fundamental human right.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“In 2015, Idaho State Representative Vito Barbieri followed his fellow Republicans in voicing another confoundingly uneducated comment. During the testimony of a medical doctor, Barbieri revealed his lack of anatomical knowledge, asking if a camera could be swallowed and end up inside the uterus to check out “the situation” down there.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“The witch is a shapeshifter. She transforms from vixen to hag, healer to hellion, adversary to advocate based on who seeks her.”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

“If you are a woman and dare to look within yourself, you are a witch.
-W.I.T.C.H”
― Kristen J. Sollee, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive