{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Historical Homos","title":"A Queer History of Witchcraft (feat. Marion Gibson)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4125,"description":"Wait, what’s so gay about witches, you ask?\nFirst of all — sit down.\nWhen I was a young f/hag in the late ’90s, Wicca was having a moment. The Halliwell sisters ruled the WB, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock were burying men in their back gardens, and I gobbled the GAGathon down with glee.\nOnly later did I realize what made these witchy bitchies so alluring: it wasn’t (just) that they were different — it was that they were powerful.\nOutsiders who could fight back. Like the X-men...or democratic socialists.\nBut were they always outsiders? No! In the ancient world, everyone dabbled in magic. Pagans love a hag with a herb garden.\nThen Christianity came along and ruined everything. AS ALWAYS.\nBy the 20th century, witchcraft was beginning to mean \"freedom\" to a lot of repressed Westerners. Which might explain why nearly half of Wiccans today identify as queer.\nJoin us for this Halloween special as we trace The Craft™ from ancient love spells to Victorian occultists, with brilliant guest Professor Marion Gibson.\nTogether we ask:\n🧙‍♀️ When did “wise women” in the woods become “evil hags”?\n🔥 Why did we burn so many witches?\n🌍 How did colonialism export Europe’s hag-phobia worldwide?\n💅 And how did queer people turn witchcraft into a symbol of defiance, glamour, and spiritual fulfilment?\nSo come on in, the cauldron-water is human temperature.\n–\n🎧 Listen now on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or wherever you pod. Beard and severed thumb sold separately.\n📱 Follow Historical Homos on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and do ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if you care about gay people, like, at all.\nMost importantly, if you like what you hear, please do leave us a ⭐ FIVE STAR ONLY ⭐ review.\nEpisode Credits\nWritten and hosted by Bash\nEdited by Alex Toskas\nProduced by Dani Henion\nGuest: Professor Marion Gibson\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o92facaUR1b1tdVy-0yJpC7Dki6zYO3m9CVcZY48Hq0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMDZm/OTQ2MzU0Y2Y3OGMz/ZTQxYzViMmQ4Yzll/Y2IwZC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}