#typography edit: the good witch

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I CAN WRITE YOU OUT THE WAY I WROTE YOU IN — THE GOOD WITCH BY MAISIE PETERS

@thegreatimpersonator's EDITING PROMPT OF THE MONTH: LYRICS

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there it goes - maisie peters

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the good witch, maisie peters

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the smallest man who ever lived – taylor swift // truth is – maisie peters

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@thegreatimpersonator EDITING PROMPT OF THE MONTH: Autumn There It Goes / Maisie Peters

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sad, beautiful, tragic by taylor swift x coming of age by maisie peters

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there it goes - maisie peters

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i don't think i wanna get better

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Aradia Book Review

This review was originally posted on Pagan & Witches Amino which was deleted when I took down my account. I read this book originally because it has been such an influence on modern paganism and witchcraft that I felt, to really understand, I should read it.

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Contents:

Synopsis

What I Liked

What I Didn't Like

Overall Thoughts

Conclusion

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Originally published 1899 (this version published in 2010)

"If Gerald Brosseau Gardner is the father of the religion that calls itself Wicca, then Charles Godfrey Leland is the grandfather of Witchcraft as a religion in the English-speaking world, and his small book, Aradia, is that religion's birth-announcement. It is the first work in English in which Witchcraft is portrayed as an underground old religion, surviving in secret from ancient Pagan times. Until now Aradia has been a work more often cited than read. Its first edition (1899) garnered only one review, and sank from sight like a stone cast into murky waters/ it sold poorly and is now a rare book. By chance a copy fell into the hands of Theda Kenyon, who devoted a few pages to it in her sensational Witches Still Live (1929), thereby calling it to the attention of many readers. By the 1950s Doreen Valiente had read Aradia, and she incorporated some of its most beautiful passages into the Wiccan rituals that she wrote. In the '60s and '70s it was reprinted four times, but always from a defective copy of the first edition that had lost its last page. Only in the '90s did another reprint finally restore the missing page. Aradia has always been a controversial work, among Witches and scholars alike. Scholars have questioned whether it may be a fiction or a forgery by Leland or by his principal informant, Maddalena (Margherita Taludi). Witches have objected to it on theological and ethical grounds, since some of the myths that it tells are about Lucifer and Cain as well as Diana and Aradia, some of its spells work by threatening or coercing the Deities and spirits, and in its revolutionary fervor it does not shrink even from teaching that the poor and downtrodden should use poisons to destroy their feudal overlords. Despite all that, it remains a beautiful and compelling work. This edition has brought the format and typography up to date, while keeping the text unchanged. A modern reader will undoubtedly find this new edition of Aradia much easier to read than the original or any of its facsimile reprints."

-- from the inside of the cover

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What I Liked

Right away, I noticed that Doreen Valiente took lines and inspiration straight from a translation of what Aradia supposedly says to her followers on page 7 for her famous “Charge of the Goddess.” [You'll also find the lemon hex that was going around a couple years ago in here.]

In this version, there are several small essays from practitioners from the early 2000s and earlier who were impacted by this text. While I’m not a fan of some of these authors, it was interesting to see what they had to say. Some of them also revealed the names of the Wiccan god and goddess in Gardnerian and Alexandrian sects, so good job on those secrecy oaths guys.

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What I Didn't Like

Very randomly, at one point in the book, Leland goes on a tangent about how writing in a book or folding down a page “is a sin of vulgarity as well as morality” (pg. 93). Go off I guess. He also tends to dismiss any poetry or art depicting Diana that is contemporary to his works as if they were meant to be authentic representations of how people once thought, instead of allegory. It’s very strange.

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Overall Thoughts

I don’t really have any thoughts on the actual contents of the folklore that was allegedly gathered into this book. Whether it’s real folklore from Tuscany or not wasn’t what interested me while reading. Since it’s referenced so often I just wanted to make sure I had a full idea of what exactly was being referenced. It doesn’t really have any impact on my own craft as these are not the types of stories I draw from in my own practice. However, if you have an interest in Wicca, Reclaiming, or any of the traditions coming out of the late 20th century, this may be a book that contains some insightful information.

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Conclusion

Reading widely can give a better understanding of where popular ideas and practices are coming from. I work at a library though so of course I'm going to encourage you to read lol. You don't have to agree with everything inside a book to gain understanding from it. So if you take nothing else from this blog, please take away this: nothing happens in a vacuum, everything is influenced by something else. If you wish to read this book it can be found on amazon, magick.com, Thrift Books, Abe Books, and, possibly, your local witchy retailer.

*all images from the book

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gifmaker appreciation tag

rules: answer the first half of the questions with gifsets of your own, then answer the second half by tagging gif makers you love!

tagged by: @madeline-kahn and @malikjavaddzayn tysm for tagging me! ❤

LINK A GIFSET…

link a gifset you’re really proud of: this shadow and bone + main characters set! i had so much fun blending and coloring it and just playing around with photoshop

link a gifset where you tried something new: this jatp set for julie! this was the first time i tried out gif blending and i think it turned out really nice for a first time though i probably would have colored it differently if i was making it now

link a gifset that features your favorite character or celebrity: this megan thee stallion grammys set and this dev patel set! i love them both sm and meg looked SO good

link a gifset that you want more people to see: probably this merlin gifset because i really had so much fun with the blending and i feel like i’m kind of getting into a gifmaking style with this one, and also this shadow and bone set because i spent a good few days trying to get the kanej gif just right

link a gifset that you had fun making: definitely this driver’s license one! this was the first edit i ever made that really blew up and it was the first time i went all out with creativity and colors and typography

link a gifset that you created as part of a meme, challenge, or series: this shadow and bone gifset for the countdown week! i loved this quote a lot

link a gifset of yours that makes you smile: this katara set! i really love playing with quotes and i’m coming back to that a bit more now but it was so fun to make and it just fit her so well 

TAG SOMEONE WHO…

tag someone who inspired you to start making gifs: honestly i don’t think anyone in particular inspired me, i just liked seeing the pretty gifsets on tumblr and decided to make them one day

tag someone who makes great vibrant gifs: i’m limiting these to five at a time or i’d completely go on lmao @djels @rambeaus​ @alinastarksov @kurtsrussell @arthurpendragonns 

tag someone who makes great pale/pastel gifs: i only know one pale pastel gifmaker so @kanejrights 

tag someone who gifs for a fandom you love: @gracechoi for pose and @shalifoe for the wilds and euphoria! can’t forget the amazing music gifmakers @yonceknowles @only1 @shrekfionas @megtheestallions

tag someone who uses text/typography really well in their gifsets: god how do i even pick there are so many of yall who wake up click on the type tool and choose sexy every day. @aleksandr-morozova @alina-mal  @margeaery @alinastarkhov @ffahey

tag someone who motivates you to step up your game: @anya-chalotra​ @inejz-ghafa @rue-bennett​ @merlinsprat​ @seance​

tag someone who you have taken inspiration from: i don’t think i really get any inspiration in particular although i really love the styles of each gifmaker i tagged here

tag gif makers who you admire and appreciate! @rockyblue @fatinjadmani @witch  @jessiemei-li @favreaus @karlimorgenthau @kamalaskhans @anyataylorjoy @thegifs @bladesrunner @oretsevmal @patels @tylorswift + anyone else who wants to do this! i don’t want to tag too many people

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Episode 140 - Favourite Reads of 2021

This episode we’re talking about our Favourite Reads of 2021! We discuss our favourite fiction and non-fiction reads for the podcast (and not for the podcast) as well as other things that helped us get through the year!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Bookshop.org list of (most) our our top titles

https://bookshop.org/lists/favourite-reads-of-2021 

Favourite Fiction

For the podcast

Matthew

Dreamships by Melissa Scott (1992)

Episode 131 - Cyberpunk

Anna

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (2017) 

Episode 123 Psychological Horror

Tied with Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Meghan

Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott (1995)

Episode 131 - Cyberpunk

RJ

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith (Japanese 2005, translated 2011)

Episode 127 - Crime Fiction

(But it’s really Piranesi by Susanna Clarke)

Not for the podcast

Anna

Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron (2018)

Meghan

Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys  (2017)

RJ

To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers (2019)

Episode 124 - Media (and Noodles) We’ve Recently Enjoyed

Matthew

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (2019)

Favourite Non-Fiction

For the podcast

Meghan

The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr (2020)

Episode 117 - Sociology Non-Fiction

RJ

The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin (1992; originally 1979)

Episode 125 - Literary Theory & Literary Criticism

Matthew

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (2016)

Episode 117 - Sociology Non-Fiction

Anna

All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers and the Myth of Equal Partnership by Darcy Lockman (2019)

Episode 117 - Sociology Non-Fiction

Not for the podcast

RJ

Napkin by Carta Monir (2019)

Episode 132 - Recent Media We’ve Enjoyed

Matthew

19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei by Eliot Weinberger (2016; originally 1987)

Episode 132 - Recent Media We've Enjoyed

Anna

Having and Being Had by Eula Biss (2020)

(except I feel guilty that this is the same author as last year’s non-fic fav so I could also do Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom)

Meghan

Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal by Abigail Carroll (2013)

Other Favourites Things of 2021

Anna

Maintenance Phase & You’re Wrong About (podcasts)

RJ

Unpacking (game)

Matthew

Barge Chilling Beach

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (2020)

Meghan

wandrer.earth

Sacré dépanneur! by Judith Lussier (2010)

Runner-Ups

Matthew

Books

Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies by Dave Addey

Episode 129 - Non-Fiction Film & TV Books

The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole

Comics (Twitter thread with more info on each title)

Nicola Traveling Around the Demons' World by Asaya Miyanaga (4 volumes, complete)

Episode 124 - Media (and Noodles) We’ve Recently Enjoyed

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún by Nagabe, translated by Adrienne Beck (11 volumes, complete)

Witch  Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen Kohler (8 volumes, ongoing)

Episode 132 - Recent Media We've Enjoyed

Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo, translated by Casey Loe (6 volumes, ongoing)

Episode 132 - Recent Media We've Enjoyed

What Is Obscenity? The Story of A Good For Nothing Girl and Her Pussy by Rokudenashiko

The Nib edited by Matt Bors

Website

Pulp and Reckless by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips 

Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren

This is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle

Scary manga:

Kasane by Daruma Matsuura (14 volumes, complete)

Sensor by Junji Ito (1 volume, complete)

PTSD Radio by  Masaaki Nakayama (6 volumes, complete)

Blood on the Tracks by Shūzō Oshimi (7 volumes, ongoing)

Anna

The Art of Cruelty by Maggie Nelson

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib

Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell

Meghan

Fiction

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (horror)

The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli (literary fiction)

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood (literary fiction)

Rabbits by Terry Miles (techno thriller)

Non-fiction

Bikes and Bloomers: Victorian Women Inventors and their Extraordinary Cycle Wear by Kat Jungnickel

The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix

RJ

Picture books!!!

Ping by Ani Castillo

Poojo's Got Wheels by Charrow

Two Many Birds by Cindy Derby

This Is Ruby by Sara O'Leary & Alea Marley

Animals Brag About Their Bottoms by Maki Saito, translated by Brian Bergstrom

Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Luisa Uribe

Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler & Loren Long

Comics

Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Stargazing by Jen Wang

Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni

TV/Video

Taskmaster

Only Connect

Puzzgrid: Only Connect wall-style puzzles

Dimension 20

Mice & Murder

Misfits & Magic

Games

Voyagers: A LARP Duet (PDF link)

Other Media We Mentioned

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Neuromancer by William Gibson

On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss

Red Spider White Web by Misha Nogha

You Are Good (podcast)

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Wikipedia)

Links, Articles, and Things

Hark! Episode 300: Good to Better, Bad to Worse

Secret Stacks Episode 65

Episode 116 - Best Books We Read in 2020

Episode 113 - Seeking Book Recommendations

Episode 114 - Hot Cocoa & Book Recommendations

Dude Chilling Park (Wikipedia)

20 Philosophy books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors to help our listeners diversify their readers’ advisory. All of the lists can be found here.

The Promise of Happiness by Sarah Ahmed

Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview by Umeek / E Richard Atleo

The Location of Culture by Homi K. Bhabha

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks

The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything by Michio Kaku

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Memory Serves: Oratories by Lee Maracle

Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity by José Esteban Muñoz

Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane

Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Mexican Philosophy in the 20th Century: Essential Readings edited by Carlos Alberto Sánchez & Robert Eli Sanchez Jr.

As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance by  Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

Mathematics for Human Flourishing by Francis Su

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice by Shunryu Suzuki

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta

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YOU WERE SEEING CASTLES THEY WERE SEEING SAND — THE GOOD WITCH BY MAISIE PETERS

@thegreatimpersonator's EDITING PROMPT OF THE MONTH: LYRICS

here are the lyric cards for the deluxe version

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truth is, maisie peters

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✨ CONTENT CREATOR: 2020 Year in Review ✨

rules: answer the questions and then tag 10+ other creators to answer the questions!

tagged by the wonderful @arthurpendragonns @hollywoods @bicarols @daisylouisejohnson

first creation and most recent creation of 2020

this Dinah Lance edit was my first (a great start to my dinah lance lovin year)

and this Thor edit is my most recent

one of your favorite creations from 2020

this is SO hard to pick because I have so many but I think it would feel wrong to not pick something with Jurnee Smollett or Birds of Prey in it so I’ll have to go with this rainbow Dinah Lance set.

a creation you’re really proud of

this mad max: fury road set because it was my first (and imo still BEST) attempt at doing a colour set.

a new style you tried this year and a gifset that uses it

i tried SO many new things this year (like p much everything) but i recently started trying to figure out blending with gradient? which is??? amazing?? plus doing text on gifs and stuff. I’m having so much fun. This The Wilds / Shelby x Toni set has it all hehe

a creation that took you forever

it’s a toss up between my lovecraft country letitia lewis outfits set (in 10 episodes she had nearly 40 outfits whew) or this RECORD STORES IN FILM set (I watched about 23 movies to narrow down to 10 movies for 10 gifs)

your creation from 2020 that received the most notes

this absolute shitpost over on optional somehow got 51k notes????

a creation you think deserved more notes

this pitch perfect barden bellas one. I love these girls sm and put SO much effort into it.

a creation with a favorite scene/quote

this Shape of Water set where Eliza is signing. The quote and scene make me tear up on every single rewatch without fail

a new fandom you joined and a creation you made for it

DCEU! I’d never really been in the fandom, just the movie but I started giffing it this year and am loving it. my fave creation for it so far is this set from the trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League Cut

a creation you made that breaks your heart

this warrior nun/avatrice edit

a ‘simple’ creation that you really love

this Stick it set. it’s so simple but i love this movie sm and giffing it was pure self indulgence

a creation that was inspired by another one (add both your creation and the one that inspired it)

my Knives Out WHODUNIT/DONUT edit inspired by the amazing @arthurpendragonns

a favorite creation created by someone else

omg i have so many but here are my top 5:

disney rainbow set by @nyssalance (i’ve seen so many others that I’m guessing are based on this one but this OG one is STILL My favourite. I’m in awe of the time and dedication this must’ve taken plus it strikes such a melancholic and nostalgic feeling in me that i feel ready to race off and watch all my favourite disney films)

movie genre: women by @vivienvalentino (I just think that women—)

this jatp set by @lilshitwayne (like i don’t even go here but DAMN im SO impressed by this)

allison hargreeves powers by @yenvengerberg (HOW????? Like HOW do you even make a set like this?????)

pacrim by @redbelles (fave movie and the fuckin,,, typography? i wanna cry)

some of your favorite content creators from the year

@tonystarks @vicspedretti @daisylouisejohnson @jodiewhittakerr @hannahsgrose @hollywoods @cillianmurphy @annelisters @chris-evans @pedros-pascal @nora-reid @thewonderwoman @bladesrunner @timothyolyphant @chloezhao @juliedelpy @madeline-kahn @witch, everybody mentioned in text, and SO many more others!!!

a for good measure, another a couple more creations of yours that you love

this happiest season edit

this 6 degrees of lesbians in film set

this women in history as seen on lovecraft country set

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eat the acid - kesha // there it goes - maisie peters