have you ever been like i’m obviously a hella queer witch but i don’t know how to quickly and easily demonstrate this to people with, say, a single t-shirt?
@dark-ways-dark-words@the-majestic-hufflyrin@witchedways@whitewit-ch@autoluminescence Hey, I wonder if all of you are aware of this, so I’d like to bring something to your attention real quick. The shirt you all want so much, while it’s awesome that it supports the LGBTQA+ community, actually has a slanderous, derrogatory, anti-Semitic image on it that none of us witches should be supporting. Here is a wonderful article that addresses this subject. Thank you all for being considerate, and I hope this information helps you in the future! Blessed be, lovelies~ ❤️ Post link
@arcanemysteries I don’t mean to seem like I’m attacking or picking on you, but are you aware that this image is very anti-Semitic? The whole “stereotypical witch aesthetic” is originally an anti-Semitic tradition. A good article about it can be found here. Please help spread awareness that this is not okay! Thanks! :)
@the-darkest-spark@tinycog You are not attacking me at all. I want to thank you for making me aware of this. I was unaware of the “stereotypical witch aesthetic” as an anti-semetic tradition. Thank you for providing this information. I would like to make it known that I had no intention of creating nor sharing an anti-semetic image and created the image as a quote for a saying that I say all the time which is “I’m that witch” I sincerely apologize to anyone and everyone that I may or may have not offended. I hope that this reblog brings awareness to others like myself who may be offending other people without even realizing it. Thank you again for your time. Love, Light and Progress. - ArcaneMysteries
You’re welcome, again, and thank you for your support! ❤️ Blessed be~
@arcanemysteries I don’t mean to seem like I’m attacking or picking on you, but are you aware that this image is very anti-Semitic? The whole “stereotypical witch aesthetic” is originally an anti-Semitic tradition. A good article about it can be found here. Please help spread awareness that this is not okay! Thanks! :)
Thank you glad I’m not the only one saying it <3
@arcanemysteries you are a respected diviner and member of the tumblr tarot community, and I love you with all my heart. It would mean a lot to us Jews if you rejected anti-semitic imagery.
You’re welcome! With as vigilant as this community is about misappropriation and anti-opression/racism/discrimination, I feel like this should be top priority in the witch community! Not only is it oppressive of Jews, but I, personally, don’t want to be associated with that aesthetic; that being said, I can’t begin to imagine how sick it must make Jews feel.
Psa to all the Jews out there, witch or not, I support every single one of you and I aim to slay this aesthetic. It’s been far too long and faced with far too much ignorance.
Yeah I feel you, there is certainly a disconnect. I see a LOT of posts circulating about why the term “smudging” is appropriative and which global practices are/aren’t closed - and that is all great.Weshould be talking about this stuff, but I rarely see posts discussing the history of antisemitism as it overlaps with our conventional ideas about what a witch looks like.
I feel bad for using Arcane’s graphic as an example here (because I’m a big fan of AM, he’s a huge sweet pea) but I’m just fed up and burned out with the way the tumblr witch community prides themselves on weeding out various forms of cultural appropriation while not giving a fuck about antisemitism, even when the evidence and history is placed in front of them.
I see a lot of young, modern witches with fresh ideas attempting to take the image of the “witch” and reclaim it, redesign it to look like something that’s at once cute and revolutionary, but they rarely take into consideration the history of the image they’re working with. I mean, there areways to do the witch aesthetic without modeling antisemitism. I have no issue with witches who wear black cloaks, adorn themselves with stones and trinkets, fill mason jars with intention, carry a broom under one arm and a cat under the other, wear purple eyeshadow and deep red lipstick, etc. What I mostly take issue with is the pointy hats, the hooked noses, the frizzy haired stereotypes. Triangular hats were once required by Jews to wear in order to cover their “horns”, because people literally believed that Jews were not human. During porgroms, when Jews were required to wear these hats, it was actually legally permissible - and even condoned - to attack and beat Jewish civilians to death if you encountered them on the street.
P.S. to all my jumblr followers please add this awesome person to your list of gentiles who actively give a shit about Jewish issues :D
I agree 100% about all of this. Every single word, and thank you so much! ❤️
@arcanemysteries I don’t mean to seem like I’m attacking or picking on you, but are you aware that this image is very anti-Semitic? The whole “stereotypical witch aesthetic” is originally an anti-Semitic tradition. A good article about it can be found here. Please help spread awareness that this is not okay! Thanks! :)
Thank you glad I’m not the only one saying it <3
@arcanemysteries you are a respected diviner and member of the tumblr tarot community, and I love you with all my heart. It would mean a lot to us Jews if you rejected anti-semitic imagery.
You’re welcome! With as vigilant as this community is about misappropriation and anti-opression/racism/discrimination, I feel like this should be top priority in the witch community! Not only is it oppressive of Jews, but I, personally, don’t want to be associated with that aesthetic; that being said, I can’t begin to imagine how sick it must make Jews feel.
Psa to all the Jews out there, witch or not, I support every single one of you and I aim to slay this aesthetic. It’s been far too long and faced with far too much ignorance.
“Being critical of Israel is being critical of Zionism. Since the policies of Israeli government are based on Zionist policies not the old testimony or Jewish principles.”
Here, folks, we have a Proud Israeli teaching us about semitism and yet mocking Muslims and Islam.
I am disgusted and in constant disbelief that people with that much hatred in their heart still exist. Actual nazis. I am not surprised, simply disappointed that it is so blatant and yet, people still don’t seem to care.
Via @mattxiv on instagram
Also, for the ignorant people that still believe it was Antifa because “one of them had a communist tatoo”, I am begging you, just for once, use your fucking brain.
These people make me ashamed to be human. Be better, if this is our version of a advanced society, I can only apprehend what could come next. Please educate yourself and your loved ones, this is inadmissible.
From the Catholics that I dealt with in the past, I’ve noticed their hatred towards the Jews. They blame the Jews for the death of Jesus and they demand that Jews should apologize for his death.
As a real Christian, I don’t blame the Jews at all for the death of Jesus. I blame Judas. I have nothing but love & respect for the Jewish community. They have nothing to apologize for. Jesus dying on the Cross was supposed to happen.
There’s also weird conspiracy theories that these Catholics beLIEve about the Jews, such as drinking the blood of Christian children and that synagogues have some sort of torture chamber beneath the synagogue.
Neither conspiracy theories have been proven. Yet they are still pushing these lies about the Jewish religion to this very day. Catholics are very hateful against the Jews and it doesn’t help that some movies about Jesus portrays Jews in a negative light.
There’s even a Catholic who hates The Ten Commandments movie. A movie loved by the Jewish community. I too love that movie and I’m not even Jewish. I think Catholics need to stop hating the Jewish community.
Hate is evil, hate is a sin. Instead of hate, we should love. Instead of being evil, we should be good to each other. Peace be with you.
