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link to modernity

talk about representation of witchcraft

to do : add more details to episodes list sources

Bibliography (interestingly read though ultimately unused as it did not fit the context in a way that I felt I could express within the confines of wikipedia's guidelines. I'm not saying it couldn't somehow fit, I am saying that I, as the person that I am with the brain and thought processes that I have, could not logically figure out how to fit these incredibly interesting bits of infortmation into that article. I felt it was more important to be relevant to the show because the Wiki page for it is so.... direct? On point? Regardless, that decision should not infer that I somehow did nothing or have done anything "incomplete" or "inattentively" which I find extremely insulting and untrue, as described in my narrative.)

Krzywinska, Tanya (2000) A Skin for Dancing In: Witchcraft, Possession and Voodoo in Film. Flicks Books, unknown. ISBN 978-0275976552

Witchcraft as seductive/why films love using and toying with dark desires, also mentions the power balance/struggle. Also references a lot of modern pop culture including wicker man which was full fledged female powered bizzarity.

Ezzy, douglas. (2010.) New Age Witchcraft? Popular spell books and the re-enchantment of everyday life.

doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01462.x

Kind of a mesh of other points he's made about the issues with witchcraft becoming mainstream, but also with some points that others have made about how witchcraft is an analogy for female power. (Everyone is failing to recognize the men that practice witchcraft which isn't very feminist, equality for all!!) It's more of how witchcraft relates to identity formation and relates to things like body confidence (unsure how i feel about that point) and refers to the "re-enchantment of every day life."

Ezzy, Douglas. (2006.) White Witches and Black Magic: Ethics and Consumerism in Contemporary Witchcraft. doi.org/10.1080/13537900500381609

I'm beginning to think Ezzy is a real life anthropologist considering his approaches and his recognition of the problematic aspects of cultural appropriation. Really loving this dude right now. Focuses on how consumerism affects people who identify as witches. Also this isn't in the article but it reminded me of how recently Sephora was literally going to sell a "beginner witch set" with Pinrose (perfume company) but literally got shut down because of the opposition of people who actually partake in witchcraft. I bet Ezzy would have had some thoughts on that.

Moseley, Rachel. (2002.) Glamorous witchcraft: gender and magic in teen film and television . http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~jporter/05_Moseley_Rachel_Screen.pdf

This article talks about the convergence of feminism and representations of witchcraft with a focus on female power and i LOVE it. Moseley uses several relevant examples from pop culture like charmed, buffy, and practical magic. Talks about makeovers which is kind of irrelevant to my topic and threatens feminist ideals. "Witchcraft" as an allegory for punsihing women for being outspoken. (Preach, queen!)

Ezzy, Douglas. Berger, Helen. (2009.) Mass Media and Religious Identity: A Case Study of Young Witches. doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01462.x

Talks to actual! young! women! that! have! become! witches! This is that type of ethnography that I really love and appreciate. Talks about how pop culture has full on inspired some people to literally convert to a different religion. Mass media is wild. Also talks about The movie The Craft as a major player in this conversion which is a movie I totally forgot about but is so good.

Pike, S. (2008). Journal of the American Academy of Religion,76(3), 703-705. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25484052

Literally talks about teenage witches and satanic possession, Really wish i could just write a paper about how SAbrina follows the patterns and correlates with what's been documented.

Previously done, sustained since meeting with Dr c and switching gears to this project:

- read above

- drafted ideas for what to put in my new section. Couldn't word it like a research paper ie "According to Moseley, witchcraft highly correlates with feminism and both the representation and demonization of female power." Didn't go with that. Brainstormed what kind of witchcraft is actually represented. Figured it out.

To do in the last week:

- Is there even a way to source an episode beyond stating it in the text?

- - improve section by citing episodes in all three sentences

-- further explore feminism and see if it can possibly fit within the appropriate flow of this article. it may not.

CAN CHAIRHANDLERS CHILL OUT

(No, he cannot.)

DRAFTY SPACE:

It is not abnormal for witchcraft to be controversial in media. (Moseley.)

** Add contrast for Sabrina being aware of her powers and the dark baptism occuring on her 16th birthday in contrast to the Sabrina The Teenage Witch learning of her powers on her birthday. (Moseley.

Like other shows such as Charmed, witchcraft is shown in a positive light, despite being skewed from religion. (berger & ezzy 2009)

Sabrina fits the trope of being white, middle class, and educated (alter wording direct quote) (pike)

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In November 2018, Satanic Temple activists sued the series' production team over the use of the statue of Baphomet, which they claim was a direct copy of their own statue and portrayed the Temple in an inaccurate and derogatory way. On November 21, 2018, it was confirmed that Satanic Temple and Netflix have amicably settled the lawsuit dispute, with the terms of the deal left undisclosed to the public.

It is not abnormal for witchcraft to be controversial when portrayed in movies or television, (M) even when shown in a positive light or correlated with female empowerment. (B)


 * ******The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina falls under the overarching controversy surrounding witches as portrayed in movies and television (m) for showing witchcraft as analogous with power which can lead to teen viewers' religious conversion. (B)   (BAM NOW THAT IS A RELEVANT SENTENCE.)

Sabrina Spellman must reconcile her dual nature as a half-witch, half-mortal while fighting the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit. Unlike Melissa Joan Hart's Sabrina in Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Sabrina has been aware of her powers for her entire life. (M.) okay jk thats not gonna work

** Just went to add a reference and noticed that cast members social media has been used as a valid source - just a note for future projects that by wiki standards that is apparently acceptable.


 * Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman: A half-human, half-witch teenager from an upper middle class family (P) attending Baxter High, who is just beginning her dark education, while trying to maintain a normal life.
 * >>>> this is the thought i'm trying to incorporate from pike about how teen withces are usually represented as white, middle class, and educated. she definitely is all the above.

Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman: A half-human, half-witch teenager from an upper middle class family attending Baxter High, who is just beginning her dark education, while trying to maintain a normal life.

better info on blood ties which is also a trope from peg aloi because that line about the difference in finding out about powers is too awkward to made work

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=dCWgCwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA113&dq=witchcraft+in+media&ots=ghivppMvhE&sig=YQnHqwHISORd7e3xvvlFgnUy398#v=onepage&q=sabrina&f=false


 * Miranda Otto as Zelda Spellman: One of Sabrina's two witch aunts, who is sterner than Hilda and very protective of Sabrina. Zelda reinforces the importance of blood ties in her attempts to sway Sabrina to the Church of Night. She is also a member of the Church of Night, devout to the Dark Lord.
 * Miranda Otto as Zelda Spellman: One of Sabrina's two witch aunts, who is sterner than Hilda and very protective of Sabrina. Zelda reinforces the importance of blood ties in her attempts to sway Sabrina to the Church of Night. She is also a member of the Church of Night, devout to the Dark Lord.

or

Sabrina Spellman must reconcile her dual nature as a half-witch, half-mortal while fighting the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit. SAbrina is torn between her loyalty to her witch family and her love for her mortal friends.

putting both here so you can see my thought process on this, I'm going to maybe insert both and see if one stays.

Afternote: My edits were undone and reasons cited - one of them being that i used a book as a source and we should stick to the TV show (fair, but what does anyone have against books!?) and another was that I added a note from a super solid source about family class which the user said was "irrelevant and had not been revealed." It was hard for me to not reply and point out that visual cues are enough to establish family class but also that if we don't start recognizing how main characters are nearly always shown as being white and upper middle class then we are ignoring a racist, classist problem in our views of normalcy and 30 years from now people will be having the same feelings i have when i watch the 1970's claymation christmas movies and get really mad about the lack of brown people in them. i don't think wikipedia is the proper outlet for anthropological rants about representation and inclusivity, though.

AND don't even get me started on the whitewashing and cultural appropriation and how that's relevant. if i had to do this project over again, i would have done it on whitewashing in television. Okay, that's really all, have a nice winter break.