Name: Witches, Sluts, Feminists
ISBN: 9780996485272

Kristen J. Sollée

Exposing how "witch" and "slut" are used to police female sexuality, the author rehabilitates these sex positive archetypes.

Conjuring the Sex Positive

Witches, Sluts, Feminists

Kristen J. Sollee

“Like being deemed a witch hundreds of years ago, being presumed a slut today is cause for ostracism, abuse, and death.” . . . Archetypes of “witch” and “slut” have been used to police female sexuality and punish women; now, feminists are reclaiming them as positive affirmations. This book unearths the sex positive feminist legacy of the witch in art, music, politics, and popular culture, connecting the fictional witch we love to emulate and fear with real women, past and present. Kristen J. Sollee is instructor at The New School and founding editrix of Slutist, an award-winning sex positive feminist website.

Maggie Gordon

Witches, Sluts, and Feminists is a decent introduction to these intertwined topics, but don't expect scholarly rigour or truly considered analysis. While Sollee has done some research, she's not trained in using it well, and her arguments don't always string together. The writing is simplistic and could definitely use some editing. On the other hand, this is all pretty par for the course for non-fiction these days. Hopefully it inspires people to read more material on these subjects (and there are many good references given in the book, even if they are not necessarily used well). Just be careful to note that this is a very basic, non-comprehensive source, and it rarely gives appropriate depth to the ideas it is handling.

Dani

** spoiler alert **
           Me cuesta muchísimo todavía cuando hablan de brujería 'en serio', comprendo el origen de todo, el sentido que habrá tenido, pero hoy por hoy hablar de conjuros en las redes sociales con emojis... 🙄 
Quizás soy muy estricta con el rating, pues el resto del libro está interesante, léanlo si pueden ✌

Witches, Sluts, Feminists Conjuring the Sex Positive

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