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Added you right back :)

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I once told a group of people that I wished Starhawk would just go away. They then proceed to tell me, "How dare you wish death on someone! I wish you'd just go away!" They were mostly Wiccans, I don't know if that figures into the equation of insanity....

Sigh.

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I always point to that quote above. When I read it, it made me sick.

I wonder what she's like in person, though?

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I wonder what she's like in person, though?

I dunno... because you have to wonder if she takes herself and her theories seriously. If she really does, I'd wager she's insane to be around.

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btw, I really like the animation on the icon :)

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some of that article just confuses me... like the phrase "sandal-clad paganists." what's a paganist? do you have to pay dues to be one? do you get a special decoder ring and learn a secret handshake?

i'm kind of "eh" about starhawk. i liked her better in my pre-druid days. on the one hand, that pagan-bashing quote really lowers my opinion of her; but on the other hand, i think she's not [that] bad in terms of representing wicca and/or paganism to the judeo-christian mainstream. *shrug*

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Just to make sure people don't believe I took that quote out of context or something, I direct everyone to the actual interview:

http://chronarchy.com/misc/starhawkwp.html

I'm sooooo starting a cult that requires decoder rings. . .

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oh, i've read the article, i know you weren't taking it out of context.

will your cult be sandal-clad? if so, can they be decoder toe rings?

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Isn't that what all the fashionable cultists are wearing now?

Of course they'll be decoder toe rings! I don't run any second-rate cults.

And as for sandals, they'll be the only clothing allowed. . .

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Quite alright. I have a good feeling that the reaction I had to reading it is about exactly what your reaction to it was :)

I try to mention that interview occasionally. I don't really feel like she should get away with that. . .

And that article goes up and down every month. I was pretty lucky to find it again in a Google cache. :) I'd hate for such a "treasure" to be lost in cyberspace forever. *sardonic grin*

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Do we have to wear the sandals??

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My cult's insurance does't cover nails (or broken glass) in feet. But it does cover poison ivy in "unmentionable" places. . .

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And there you have it.. It always comes back to cash..
*giggles*

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With all those lovely comments, I was kinda afraid to click the link. I did... and all I have to say is WTF? *is througly confused*

*bangs head on desk repeatedly* Nope, still doesn't make the article seem better. Oh well.

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Now you see how I feel every time I read an article that features her. . . :)

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Yeah, and I would shrug it off and say it's all good. But the fact that's she's getting press makes it bad. It just gives pagans a bad rap and we don't need anymore... my family still calls me a heathen.

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Nah. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. I just feel that if she can talk politics at a ritual, then preachers should be able to talk politics during sermons. It's the exact same thing.

I agree about the Wicca-bashing in ADF. When I'm done with that essay, I'm hoping it'll explain it better. I have so much left to write. *sighs*

The quote I gave is, I'm afraid, exactly what she meant. She certainly seems to have meant that those of us who aren't interested in activism or liberal causes aren't of the same calibur as she is. That frightens me. One thing that always got me about her writing is that it really makes Witchcraft out to be the "One, True, Right Way -- Ours!", and I hate that.

Check out my review of Spiral Dance, esp. chapter 13:

http://chronarchy.com/mjournal/reviews/starhawkrev.html

I haven't had time to read the one about swans, but it's on my "eventual" reading list, meaning I'll get to it one day when I've managed to read everything else I need to read.

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First of all, many people come to ADF come out of a frustration with Wicca, or were Wiccan before and had left that faith. I know I did, and so did maybe the majority of ADF members. When ever someone "converts", they tend to become very derisive of their ex-religion...pagans of all faiths who were Christians go through the same thing....which is why there is also so much Christian bashing.

Add to that, as a Witch, you might have gone around telling people your faith goes back thousands of years to Atlantis, it's the traditional Irish faith, and 9 million witches were murdered by Christians, and so on...and when you join ADF, read the actual literature like Hutton's _Triumph of the Moon_, and the _Irish Heritage_ by the Rees Brothers...and find out how much bunk you were spouting, and you become embarrassed about it, and to compensate, you spend a lot of time putting down your former faith.

I know this, because I've gone through it myself. Now, if people are really serious about becoming a witch, I hand them two books, First is _Drawing Down the Moon_ by Adler, and the second is _Triumph of the Moon_ by Hutton. There is nothing majorly wrong with Wicca/Witchcraft as a religion, as long as you know where you faith begins, and your facts stop.

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Yuck. I can't stand Starhawk.

Though, she has inspired me. Maybe I should write a couple fantasy books and publish them under the pretense of being factual.
I bet I could make a lot of money that way.

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