Learn Curve for Girls

Feminist Muses by Dr. R. Lakshmi Priya

Couple of days back I was watching Agatha Disney series. My mother could not understand my fascination for the same. 

Witches are not exclusive to west, but the name witch, and the costume of black is synonymous with witch. In all the pagan cultures, we can trace witches. Powerful women, knowledgable, who had deep connections with nature and living organisms, whom men could not understand, were considered abnormal, mad, lunatic, and their association with nature, their ability to cure ailments, their communication with divine, their spirituality was misconstrued as evil. 

History, culture, religion and most importantly patriarchy classified women as witches; burnt them at stake. 

Today, we come across numerous revisionist literature and media representation. 

And it simply is impossible, as a woman to be fascinated by Witches. 

For I connect them to my ancestral roots. My great grandmothers with their tattooed bodies, shriveled skins, ever punishing attitude, and most importantly their abundance of knowledge in various fields, their mad love for Art, literature, Songs and Storytelling! 

“Down, down, down the road

Down the witches’ road

Down, down, down the road

Down the witches’ road

Down, down, down the road

Down the witches’ road”

Sing it out loud and proud! Sing it in the night from your terrace when you are alone under the moon. Sing it when you walk through the forest! Be a witch and be proud of being the strongest woman force on earth!