Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic.

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I'm all for female empowerment, but I'd prefer more thought and craft put into a book trying to express such a thing. The author is of Romani descent (and she uses the term g*psy constantly--her prerogative as a member of that community, but something I want to mention either way), but she's also part Traveller, and she considers herself white. In addition, Lisa teaches personal, hands-on rituals and spells from her family lineage of gypsy witch magic to help you heal, manifest, and rediscover your powers.

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We also discuss how rest is revolutionary and moving at the speed of our body and heart is the medicine we all need right now. The picture in the back supports that notion, and her carefree way of picking from cultural traditions that are not hers without second thought and encouraging her readers to do the same, fits right in line with white (patriarchal) ideology. Updating this four years after the fact because TERFs going off in the comments: Yeah, I mentioned transphobia. I purchased this book as a supplemental resource, but there is no actual intelligent information communicated in this book. that felt pretty exclusionary from an intersex, trans and women who have had hysterectomies point of view.I realized that I have to be the me that I am not a pretend person because that's what is expected of me. This book was so self-serving and preachy that I was non-stop eye-rolling for the entire time reading. Brief looks at the history of witchcraft as well as the meanings behind herbs, crystals and rituals.

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Lisa is a true visionary for us all and to read her books has been a transformative experience for me. I get the author had her own struggles with various uterus derived illnesses but to dismiss how some woman choose to manage their cycle was very tone deaf to me.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. 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swapped this -- except perhaps for the whole "instagram aesthetic" this book is apparently famous for -- with any outdated feminist text from the 80s and nobody would bat an eye.

Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic. - Lisa Lister Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic. - Lisa Lister

Also the constant dichotomy of the binary "masculine" and "feminine", the heavy focus on your womb/pelvic bowl/cycle blah blah blah pussy power and all that nonsense.Reading this book was a struggle for me, and its scary to think there are people who believe this is what a modern witch needs to be like. One of the most beautiful things I feel right now, is that you see these amazing, empowered women who are stepping up and really reminding us young men, and men in general, that our role is to let the women lead.