Pagans in the News and Media

A New Jersey evangelical Fed Ex driver left a Chick Tract with the wrong witch in New Jersey according to an article in the Mount Olive Chronicle. Trish Reynolds, a Pagan author (of such books as The Demons of Drey (Seeker's Quest) and A Question of Balance ) looked out her window one day to see a Fed Ex Driver do a double take at her "Goddess Bless America" and pentagram bumper sticker, return to his truck and come back to put a Chick Tract on her window. If you've ever read one of those rags you know how offensive they are. The list of ridiculous claims made by these is huge (and Wikipedia has such a huge discussion on this subject) She could have just thrown it out, but she's not that kind of witch. She complained and insisted on action. My kind of woman.
More info about Trish Reynolds and her projects can be found at her website http://www.zyalia.com/

I am a firm believer that garb has its place, and jeans have theirs. I admit it I'm a closet fashion junky (you'd never know it meeting me, I know) If you're a fan of reality TV you might be interested in checking out What Not to Wear on TLC this Friday as it features a Salem witch whose witchy wardrobe is put on "trial" (Salem witch trial style) by other members of the Pagan and psychic community, including Christian Day one of the voices of the Hex Education podcast the driving force behind Salem's annual Festival of the Dead before she is whisked off to New York for the usual makeover business. You can find all the dirt at the Glouster Times website.

According to HeraldNet, A missing woman in Washington is believed to have been murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend, who happens to be Wiccan, apparently. I don't want to comment on this much more because it is unpleasant, but I will say this- If you read the article, you will find that neighbors upon questioning admitted to hearing a "loud and violent confrontation between a man and a woman" in her apartment FOUR DAYS before she was reported missing by her employers because she show up for work!! WTF people? Why do people not call the cops when this shit goes down? WTF I say.

I often complain about the sad state our society is in that people don't know their neighbors, don't check up on their neighbors, don't show any concern for their neighbors. It's amazing to me that up north where there are acres, and sometimes miles between houses people know more about their neighbors than in places where we're practically on top of each other in apartments and McMansions and trailers. Remember this poor woman the next time you ignore the screams from the apartment upstairs.

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Comment from: Lisa [Visitor] Email · http://paganmaid.livejournal.com
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Now would be a good time for FedEx to review its code of conduct with employees. If proselityzing(sp?) on the job is against their code of conduct, then the driver should be disciplined. But if he is, he'll probably play the martyr card (which Christians are famous for these days) to try to get out of it.

As for the show featuring a so-called "overly garbed" witch, frankly I find it a bit offensive that they want to "make her over". Would they dare try it on a Muslim woman wearing a head scarf? I think not.
01/13/10 @ 10:05
Comment from: Rose [Visitor]
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I think this commenter is silly for being offended. Why?
1. On the show it is the person's friends who want to make her over. Her friends are mostly Pagans, witches and psychics.
2. The person has to agree. They didn't make her over against her will.
3. There is absolutely nothing in any Pagan religion requiring us to wear Halloween costumes on a day to day basis. Comparing a witch who spends 24/7 dressed in Harry Potter fantasy garb to a Muslim woman who covers her hair (and sometimes face) for religious reasons is disrespectful to Muslims.

I understand wanting to dress up for ritual, but walking around in garb every day only feeds the stereotype that modern Witches live in a fantasy world. Not one of us lives in a culture where that is acceptable or encouraged - unlike Muslim women who are simply conforming to the norms of their culture. Big difference.

I am personally tired of watching my fellow witches jump on the "offensive" wagon at the drop of a pointy hat.
01/14/10 @ 01:01

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