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thekimspoblog · 1 year ago

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Apparently I've been CANCELED on witchcraft Tumblr because my use of the term "voodoo doll" is racist. And like... yes? But also oh my god shut up Tumblrina! All majick is a hodgepodge of practices derivative of whatever culture the practitioner pulled from. So when an angsty white american goth girl sits on her floor, draws a pentagram, and chants google-translated Latin, the effigy she created in likeness of her love interest isn't called a "spirit doll" or whatever the politically correct term is, now is it? Cultural appropriation: a thing I didn't invent.

Are people ignorant of the actual history of voodoo? Sure. Here's the wikipedia page for Marie Laveau; a lot of the stuff which fell under the umbrella of her practicing her religion was actually useful shit, like delivering babies, making medicine and generally being a community leader. If anything, I'm just disappointed the rumors of her poisoning slave owners have been greatly exaggerated.

But you know I've been doing this witchcraft thing for a while now, and let me tell you what I've figured out. Research doesn't really matter all that much.

All that matters is your intent, and mine was to bring hellfire down on GOP members in a way legally untraceable back to me. I'm not saying it's impossible to be racist while wishing death on white supremacists. I'm saying raise your hand if you actually care.

Because no matter what, the effect is the same. Jack and shit.

And if I'm wrong, may your superiorly authentic majick strike me down.

#I promise you even if you understandably want to call me out for being a bad ally this is a waste of your time #it genuinely saddens me when witches think my cavalier tone is because I “just don't understand” their religion #the moral of the story is that the one tradition that spans all cultures is people with no political power making up arbitrary rules #to give themselves the illusion of control #In their defense I probably shouldn't have tagged this witchcraft if I didn't want the attention #But in my defense I'm kind of glad if I pissed you off stop distracting women from science with nonsense #If your problem in general is that “black” is connoted with a desire to do ill I agree english is kinda racist like that #but 1 various occult traditions have been divvying up witchcraft this way for a while now #you can get mad i'm perpetuating it but acting like i'm ignorant of traditions is just dishonest #and 2 i don't think my stupid tumblr poll is going to move the needle much so sorry for chosing pith over pcness #you can call me blinded by white privilege til the cows come home cus i am #but don't you DARE insinuate i don't know enough about witchcraft to make fun of it #setting aside the glaring question of “if it's not all bs then why does the world look like this”#it's just a no true scottsman fallacy what you're saying about me

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