Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seventy-eight percent of the people executed for witchcraft in New England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries were women.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The official description of That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film by Payton McCarty-Simas shares of the ...

Witchcraft has been feared, mocked and romanticized — but rarely has it been fully understood as a story of feminist resistance and enduring cultural power. Feminist studies scholar Jane Ward has set ...

Witches are a pop-culture constant that can no longer be treated like a passing trend. Which does make sense, given the political landscape: If the government is dead set on turning back the clock on ...

There is a noticeable shift happening beneath the surface of culture, and it is far deeper than trending tarot decks or aesthetic moon rituals on social media. Across generations, women are speaking ...

Throughout accounts of 17th-century witch trials in Europe and North America, physical features alone were considered undeniable proof of witchcraft. The belief was that the devil branded witches’ ...

Director Elizabeth Sankey posits a dubious connection between historical witchery and post-partum psychological suffering in this documentary bowing at Tribeca. By Robyn Bahr As an artwork detailing ...

At Nerdist, we feel fascinated by the figure of “The Witch.” We’ve written at length about how the witch often calls to a very queer audience, her position as an othered character who breaks norms and ...