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She is for the single mother who lights a candle after the kids go to bed, whispering a curse at an ex who never paid child support. She is for the overworked nurse who has no time for elaborate rituals, but who traces a protective sigil in the condensation on her water bottle. She is for the teenager who burns a letter from their bully in a rusty Altoids tin.

Normalize being "The Vulgar Witch." Stop trying to make your spirituality look like an Instagram aesthetic. Real magic is messy. It’s sweaty, it’s loud, it’s vulgar. It’s screaming into the void and hearing an answer back. Keep your linen robes; I’m staying in the mud. The Vulgar Witch

Think of (Harry Potter) screaming "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" before killing Bellatrix Lestrange. That is a vulgar witch. Think of Granny Weatherwax (Terry Pratchett's Discworld), who washes her face with soap that stings, curses like a cart driver, and beats vampires with a frying pan. Think of The Witch of waste in Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle , who is initially a villain but ends up as a cranky, beloved, tea-drinking nuisance. She is for the single mother who lights

For too long, we’ve been told to be "good witches"—palatable, soft, glowing in white linen. But there is power in the dirt. There is wisdom in the raw, the carnal, and the loud. Normalize being "The Vulgar Witch