“Women across the globe are actively using the word ‘witch’ as a way to describe themselves, because the witch is waking,” Lisa Lister explains. “The part of us that’s been anesthetized, domesticated, tamed, and kept numb by food, shopping, alcohol, and drugs is now awakening within us. We are re-membering the dis-membered parts of being a woman—who we all were before patriarchy put all our fierce and feminine powers into the darkness, called them taboo, and then taught us all to be afraid of the dark.”
If you find yourself stirred by this feminist rally cry—perhaps as scenes from The Handmaid’s Tale and headlines from the current administration swirl in your head—you’re not alone.