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Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic.
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bookshelves: spirituality, unpopular-opinion
Dec 28, 2018
bookshelves: spirituality, unpopular-opinion
Read 2 times. Last read August 16, 2019 to September 12, 2019.
boy OH boy, where to even start with this.
i can't believe that i had to, in 2k18, read some of the most gender-essentialist, trans-exclusionary, reductive tripe i've seen in a LONG, long while. like, you could've swapped this -- except perhaps for the whole "instagram aesthetic" this book is apparently famous for -- with any outdated feminist text from the 80s and nobody would bat an eye.
seriously, what's this even doing here in this day and age?
it's not like lister isn't aware of this. in the intro she's like, "ohOhOooO i'll piss of the transgender community by not addressing them", and that's -- god, that's not even the point. it's so easy to use inclusive language, but in lister's mind this is apparently impossible because of her own beliefs about womanhood.
and even the stuff about witchcraft isn't particularly useful; you've got your standard Boohoo Burning Times (including a side-serving of Historically Inaccurate), your Take What You Want From Other Cultures If You Feel Eclectic, and your This Witchy Information Is So Basic Google Could've Told Me In Two Seconds.
ugh. begone, TERF.
� 0.0 stars.
i can't believe that i had to, in 2k18, read some of the most gender-essentialist, trans-exclusionary, reductive tripe i've seen in a LONG, long while. like, you could've swapped this -- except perhaps for the whole "instagram aesthetic" this book is apparently famous for -- with any outdated feminist text from the 80s and nobody would bat an eye.
seriously, what's this even doing here in this day and age?
it's not like lister isn't aware of this. in the intro she's like, "ohOhOooO i'll piss of the transgender community by not addressing them", and that's -- god, that's not even the point. it's so easy to use inclusive language, but in lister's mind this is apparently impossible because of her own beliefs about womanhood.
and even the stuff about witchcraft isn't particularly useful; you've got your standard Boohoo Burning Times (including a side-serving of Historically Inaccurate), your Take What You Want From Other Cultures If You Feel Eclectic, and your This Witchy Information Is So Basic Google Could've Told Me In Two Seconds.
ugh. begone, TERF.
� 0.0 stars.
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Reading Progress
August 8, 2018
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August 11, 2018
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Finished Reading
December 28, 2018
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December 28, 2018
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December 28, 2018
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spirituality
August 16, 2019
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Started Reading
September 12, 2019
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Finished Reading
January 17, 2020
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unpopular-opinion
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May 06, 2021 02:45PM
Such a stupid review. This book is about how women were treated in the past and witchery, it'ss not about trans people and their struggles. Not everything in life revolves around trans people. Biological women deserve to have their own books that talk about them and their stories, pasts and struggles or any type of topic. If you can't relate to the book because you identify with something else, just ignore it and don't read it. Y'all love to throw the word transphobic like confetti and boycott the works and creations of biological women. Very misogynistic on your part. Fake azz feminist.
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Yeah but Gabriela she gets the history wrong as well! And you can write a cis women book without insulting and belittling the trans community
Gabriela maybe Google witchcraft myths and misconceptions, and read some history books.
