The girlies are back with another Eerie Episode™, this time covering all things WITCHES! They go back into the annuls to unpack the history of European witchery, the Salem Witch trials, voodoo, the current-day Wicca practitioners, and the Etsy spell sellers of today. They discuss "witch" as a socially imposed category and the evolution of witchy practices throughout history. Digressions include some Russian witch tea from a listener and Khloe Kardashian's unfortunate lot in this life as a Victim Soul.

Binchtopia is created, produced, and hosted by Julia Hava and Eliza McLamb. Research for this episode was contributed by Ben Rosenfeld and Charlie Squire.

Sources:

The Devil in the Shape of a Woman

A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials

Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England

Why Do Witches Ride Brooms? (NSFW)

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation 

Drawing Down the Moon : Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today

Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 

Cultural Appropriation in Contemporary Neopaganism and Witchcraft

Perceptions of New Orleans Voodoo: Sin, Fraud, Entertainment, and Religion

New Age and Neopagan Religions in America 

Fantasies of Gender and the Witch in Feminist Theory and Literature

Witchcraft for Sale! Commodity vs. Community in the Neopagan Movement

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