How we fell under the spell of witcherature
From Wednesday Addams to countless new books, witches are having a cultural moment. Why now, and what does that say about our modern age?
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From Wednesday Addams to countless new books, witches are having a cultural moment. Why now, and what does that say about our modern age?
Judge a Book Not By its Gender Illustration by Carolyn Wells Lisa Whittington-Hill | Longreads | May, 2021 | 29 minutes (7,916 words) I blame Drew Barrymore for two things: the amount of money I have spent on celebrity memoirs and an unfortunate attempt to dye my hair platinum blonde in 1993, inspired by Drew’s locks in a Seventeen magazine Guess Jeans ad. Little Girl Lost, Barrymore’s 1990 account of growing up as a child star in Hollywood, was my first celebrity autobiography. It ignited my love of celebrity memoirs, especially those by women. My dog-eared copy has survived numerous b...