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Independent scholar of global women's history, archaeology, orature, iconography. Lesbian feminist speaker writer videographer linguist antifascist. Land witch, artist. Down with patriarchy and empire. Up the rebels!
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Origins of the word "brothel" (opens the original)
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The word “brothel” went through changes. First it referred to a woman selling sex, or more commonly, being sold as a sexual object. The root word in Old English was bro∂en (and past participle broe∂an) meaning “deteriorate, go to ruin.” This is clearly related to the patriarchal trope of the “ruined woman,” who once “fallen” was cast down in social standing, and kept down, according to a harsh sexual double standard. It didn’t matter if she had been raped or what, she was “lost.” Families often
White Terrorism in the USA (opens the original)
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Not a fun subject, but a necessary one. White supremacist groups have grown and become more visible. They currently dominate the US government, starting from the top. The Trump admin has rolled back civil rights, attacked Black leaders, stripped Black history from federal monuments while pushing Confederate themes, and unleashed masked thugs on anyone brown. Hegseth (he of the crusader tattoos) has fired top Black generals. Steven Miller, who likes to quote from white supremacist American Renais
1898 Massacre in Wilmington, North Carolina (opens the original)
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The Wilmington massacre of 1898 was a violent white supremacist coup in the North Carolina city on November 10, 1898. A mob of 2000 heavily armed men (including one Gatling machine gun) committed mass murders, burned the offices of The Daily Record, a Black-owned newspaper, and terrorized the Black population, destroying their property and forcing more than 2000 refugees to flee the city. "... the state's white Southern Democrats conspired and led a mob of 2,000 white men to overthrow the legiti
Video from Witches and Pagans book release (opens the original)
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Ten years ago we celebrated the release of my first book, Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100. I began writing it in 1978, and over decades of research, what were chapters turned into volumes. Eventually the original book (this title) turned into Vol VII of a sixteen volume series, Secret History of the Witches, which interrogates the patriarchalization of Europe and the interrelat
Suppressed Histories Archives articles page (opens the original)
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I’ve been working hard to add more essays to the Articles page, with the help of tech wizard Glenn Meader (who deserves huge credit for indispensable assistance). We’ve migrated in articles from my old blog, as well as more recent photo essays from the four annual courses I’ve taught since Covid. We’re still reconnecting some images that went astray, and correcting diacritics (accent marks, punctuation) that went kablooey in transferring between platforms and media. Extraneous line breaks, missi
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