This witch doesn't burn

Reading a thread on Twitter where the little dears wonder what the cotton ceiling is.

Why should other women who don't have her privilege and power put up with being called a witch?

Who were the witches? Witches were the women burned in the 15th and 16th century probably because they knew some herbal remedies or just because they didn't confirm to their era's equivalent of stepford wives.

I don't mind identifying with them.

Some people seem incapable of understanding that you can like X about something/someone/a quote without approving of everything else remotely connected to it. Genuinely. I think they can't comprehend it. Total love or total hatred.

I see JKR is being jumped on now for some of the other items sold in the online shop. Some are tongue in cheek and others may seem harsh to some people but I can't say that I disagree with the ones that I've seen so far.

Yes, I've also noticed that the "witch" burnings are often treated as some "funny weird thing those stupid people did back then" instead of the horrific mass femicide that it was.

Yes, I've been to similar in Germany. A small village had recreated a dunking stool and my partner wanted to take a photo of me in it. I said no, because it wasn't funny or appropriate. There are other sites that commemorate where people have died and there is never, ever an element of fantasy or humour.

I'm a little weird about witches because I do think that the term has become romanticised and that it obscures medieval femicide.

On second thoughts though - do women get called witches much nowadays, or is it largely a 'reclaimed' term?

You still see it around. As a witch it makes me roll my eyes and sigh a bit.

I was a bit annoyed at reading that Wicca is transphobic and homophobic given that in my experience it definitely isn't homophobic. Of course everything is transphobic these days so...

Is it the shop on Etsy? Why are they all men's sizes?!

Great stuff. Think i may get one.

Thanks, Blackberry! :)

I think I'll just order before they all sell out! Unfortunately, I want the entire shop ...

Sizing is pretty generous. I’m a 20 and the 2xl is pretty baggy on me

Blackberry - can you tell me what the sizing is like?

Would an M be right for a woman who takes an M in women's sizing do you think?

It's mainly the shoulders that are an issue as mine aren't particularly broad.

I have this. I thought it was subtle enough to get away with for work. Still got a tut, cats bum mouth and shake of the head from one who is so woke she has sleep deprivation. If challenged my plan was to act innocent and talk about my family in Pendle

She is funny.

I'm surprised to see someone here suggesting that the threats and abuse she's received are bad enough to warrant her not-going-into-silent-hiding-and-seeking-penance.

I’m still considering the ‘wrong crowd’ tee and now I want that one as well (still considering simply because round neck tees do no favours to those of us that are large of nork)

Do you mean Angela's? I can see it above in the general promo, but not for sale.

I quite like the feminist heart one too.

Does anyone know the sizing? What would an 'M' be?

The only men's shirt I have to measure by is a 2XL / XXL

Ordered one. They are great. Shall I wear it to me next zoom team meeting and see if any of my tediously woke colleagues notice. In real life, I am a coward that smiles politely as they drone on with little regard to the consequences for women and insist on the "be kind " thing.

I thought Rowling referring to herself as a witch wasn't as much a reference to an insult but rather GC feminists these days "feel" like witches because of our collective wrong-think and the constant witch-hunts where TRAs try (and sometimes succeed) to cancel our voices, doxx us, and threaten us with rape and death. I think it's very apt.

She didn't have to do any of this. She was almost-universally loved and respected. She could have kept her head down and her mouth shut and everyone would have carried on loving her.

Now the American left despises her, her name has been dragged through the mud in some circles and her writing is being raked over for anything that can be considered racist or transphobic.

While she says she knew what she was doing when she spoke up, I'm not even sure she could have foreseen the level of vitriol she has received. The lack of support from other high profile celebrities is also disappointing.

It's interesting she was in touch with Magdalen Berns before Magdalen passed away. I wonder if Magdalen's courage inspired her.

Love it. I mean I actually love it, its a nice design and everything. Going to order one when I have the laptop open.

I really admire how she keeps on going in the face of such abuse. It just seems to make her more determined.

JKR