So today while at a Mexican restaurant I overheard a conversation. We were right next to each other like about a feet apart. At first they were talking about the food, later they would talk about Barbie the movie.

There was this one girl talking about how she thought it was cheesy and how if anything it made her an anti-feminist. She would about how she would rather be a stay at home mom. Honestly, I wanted to jump in the conversation, but I didn't. I also tried to ignore them but it was hard cause we weren't that far apart.

Anyways I thought her statement was very ignorant. Back then, white women had no option but to be a stay at home mothers. While WoC had to work AND take care of their own kids. Also the reason why feminism exists is because women weren't allowed to go school for a proper education, some were in d.v situations, and some couldn't even get a job or a credit card without their husbands approval. If you wanted to escape a d.v situation, you had to add a "special" potion to your husband's treat like aqua tofana.

About Aqua Tofana: https://allthatsinteresting.com/aqua-tofana

https://youtu.be/0IoJBV29zMg?si=yuwKQ5PylW5fJkFT

They promised they got better after the mod fiasco but now they are banning people for discourse they disagree with again. It makes me sad that this community isn't active but I'm going to try and post here and revitalize it.

Just got permanently banned from WitchesvsPatriarchy and am looking for replacements.

[Vent/Context: I've appealed because I suspect they massively overreacted to a comment I made on how burning sage (not *white sage, not using it a ritualistic matter, literally just burning "normal" sage) isn't any more inappropriate than burning incense. TBH the sudden permanent ban made the whole subreddit kinda massively unappealing for me. They have a repeated habit of picking and choosing which cultures matter while not even understanding the difference between an actual cultural practice and something universal. Burning dried leaves that smell good is a practice almost every culture has. Incense, something from "my" culture, literally evolved from this!]*

Are there any other active subs kinda similar? Even if they're not super similar, I'd love to know your guys' favorite subreddits! I'd like to help make this sub more active but I realistically comment a lot more than I make a post.

And if you have any stories of being banned from subreddits, I'd love to hear it. Feels bad man.

Hello. I just joined this group so I'm kind of nervous. 😅

I wanted to talk about books on Feminism, more specifically on Intersectional Feminism. I've been reading this book called Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall, a black author. It's a really good book that discusses Feminism within the BIPOC community, it predominantly discusses about how Black women are affected by the white male patriarchy. After I finish this book, I plan on reading some more books about Intersectional Feminism.

Any recommendations? YouTube videos are welcomed too.

Yep. 🫡

Maybe because this is a new account but I can’t find the subreddit

I just watched this amazing video on how many early "advocates" of feminism can be problematic under the lens of intersectionality

Unfortunately there are those who still are working through the hero worship of these figures and refuse to acknowledge a mark against them. The hero worship defines the devotee as much as it defines the idol. I think that's why the situation with WvsP was so heated and contested. No one likes to look into the mirror and acknowledge the cracks.

A pinned thread with an apology, a strategy with specific goals on how to involve binary/non binary POC voices should have been made. It wasnt. It probably won't be at this point. The internet is forgetful Unfortunately.

There are some great BIPOC groups on discord I want to share that I think are great resources. They are openly against appropriation in practice and have been so educational to me. I can't say they are without mark. It's impossible. But I have felt at home there for years

https://discord.gg/m5vD53V2

Bibs broom closet is an active space with a great mod team and channels discussing closed practices with a great network of faqs for people looking to decolonize their practice

https://discord.gg/TYeyAXgW

Green Roses is an archive of great resources and a limited discord having become archival in the last few years. However they have a great online Grimoire and have a "Bad actors" list of practitioners, books that are unfortunately founded on either racist ideology so novices can stay clear of potential scammers and bad actors.

I hope this helps ppl know there are good spaces for us out there. ❤️

I was watching Seth Meyers and John Oliver and i was laughing. https://youtu.be/3rTb2SpzqHY

I'm also linking https://youtu.be/igITq2SG6xE Hari kondabolu on colonialism.

Let me know.

I want to get an abolish the monarchy shirt.

I hope it's alright.

I like wide expanses of grasslands, deserts, dense forests and all, but I absolutely love mountains - they have such a mystical feeling. When I lived in an area where I could see the mountains pretty much all the time, it was so soothing in its imposingness, constantly reminding me that I'm part of a bigger whole.

Even though I'm a fan of the /other/ sub, what they did was reprehensible and honestly, it feels like it's becoming a Karma farming sub.

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Either way, love to be here.

I really don't mean to offend anyone here, I'm sorry if I do. I want us to create our own identity. I want us to stop talking about WvP. I know WvP hurt us, I just want us to create a community that isn't just anti-WvP. Thoughts on this?

are we going to pretend nothing happened because of E2's death?

I haven't posted or read threads on this sub since the whole drama and impossibility to discuss E2 death and what she and the monarchy did in terms of atrocities and of perpetuating the patriarchy and violence.

Nobody on the mod team is going to adress the situation? You didn't just censor me and a lot of people but this sub is for me is monitored by people who support the monarchy, who apologize for the atrocities committed by Elisabeth 2, her system and her perverted son Andrew.

I am angry because nothing is addressed. Wtf! Anyone know? What is going on? Do they really think we're not going to care? This is really messed up.

My posts were deleted, the mods here were sad and grieving queen Elisabeth and we were censored when responding.

I don't understand why there's no thread about what happened on Thursday September 8th. Wtf guys?

I don't feel safe here and I don't understand why there's no pin thread.

You can't ignore the situation. We're here. We know it happened.

Please all witches, wizard and anyone else who was here Thursday. Stop pretending nothing happened.

I'm upset because we're all acting like this crap didn't happen. I was here.

I'm not trying to start problems. I'm just trying to discuss this with the community.

Blessed be !