witch-vomit:

spiritroots:

lady-of-flowers: witch-vomit: Honestly what kills me about witchblr is that every other week people will make soap box posts about how TERFS are nasty and witches of any gender are valid But Why do yall continue to post/reblog aesthetic picturesof/and or buy and share books that are openly transphobic with transphobic authors and have been called out as openly transphobic multiple times by multiple people in the community?? That don’t make no sense I haven’t bought any books but I’m afraid I’ve shared posts so that said, can someone tell me who these transphobic authors or bloggers are so i can avoid them?? ^^^^ This!!! It’s important to put your activism to work, meaning be thoughtful and apply it to what you blog, what you read, what you post, what you write, and how you act every day. I wanna add a note though that sometimes it’s hard to avoid this altogether with Africana traditions because truthfully, we’ve got a lot of transphobia, homophobia, and other LGBT issues in black communities around the world. So when it comes to the Africana traditions I practice, I can’t always avoid authors or sources that may have contributed to these problems, but I sure as hell talk about being non-binary and speak up on these issues when I can. Esp with regards to gender and cissexism in Ifá, hoodoo, and other traditions coming from my own perspective and experiences as a non-cis person. Added: I should probably clarify. In Western, European-derived traditions (including mainstream, popular types of witchcraft) there are TONS of trans-inclusive, LGBT+ inclusive, non-cissexist, non-transphobic posts and materials. There’s no excuse for not drawing on that huge wealth of sources and reblogging material because there’s so much of it! With most Africana traditions, we have a serious lack of materials, posts, and accurate information at all. We struggle to find that and to learn our own traditions because of centuries of slavery, colonialism, and other forces of oppression and racism. So that’s why it’s different when talking about Africana traditions and why I have to work on creating those trans-inclusive and LGBT+ inclusive resources since they don’t already exist enough to even find any. Although we can always use more of those resources in any type of magic practice too!

Hey so firstly thank you for bringing to my attention the fact that this is a similar problem when it comes to Africana studies as well. I didn’t really think about that so I’m going to keep that in mind for the future when I get back to studying again.

In regards to this shady lil post, I was originally referring to the New Age/Westerny side of Witchblr because this is the side of witchblr I ALWAYS see making multiple posts after posts in regards to TERFs and their ideology. Like every other day is there a post about witches of all genders being valid and transphobia being unwelcome to the community. And I’m not saying that other practitioners/the other parts of witchblr aren’t vocal about it. Because they are. But the New Age/Western part of the community is the ones I’m always seeing making soap box posts about inclusivity when it comes to gender and TERFS being evil blah blah yet be mad hypocritical about it

Bc this is also the side of witchblr I am ALWAYS seeing posting and recommending newbies to buy books that have been called out as openly transphobic before. This post was brought on bc even today did I see someone reblog on my dash another aesthetic post of that Witch book by Lisa Lister and her nasty self again. And it’s always different people in the community who I see share it. I’ve seen people recommend newbies buy the book, I’ve seen people post and share aesthetic pictures with the book as the main focus, I’ve seen people openly talk about how they found the book awesome and informative yet also say that the book isn’t inclusive but they like it anyway. Like…what? The author openly says in the book that she excludes trans people, you see this, but stick your fingers in your ears and proceed to say its quality anyway? Bc fuck trans ppl apparently?? Someone (i can’t find the post) even made a review about the book and it didn’t have nearly as many notes as the many aesthetic images/recommendation posts that include the book go around have.

What kind of hypocrisy is that? How can the community make constant posts about TERFS being unwelcome and transphobia being unwelcomed but books that other users have called out as transphobic still make it around the community? LIKE HOW??

How can one say “trans witches are valid and TERFS are bad” but then proceed to recommend and post about a book that literally in the first few pages talks about how the book is for “pussy power” and directly says trans ppl are unwelcome?

I’m not going to tag where I got the images from/who’s posts these are bc I don’t want to stir some shit up and have ppl start attacking the OPs but this is the sort of shit I’m talking about. There are more posts out there but a bitch lazy lol. These were all taken from multiple really popular bloggers in the community. I just wanted to show/prove with evidence what I’m talking about in regards to my experience on tumblr.

I love witchblr but it can be annoying and hypocritical as well. Like you can’t pick and chose when you want to be mad about something and when something is okay.

You can’t claim to care about ur trans witchy siblings and then proceed to push a shitty book like that. That’s fake and gross and does nothing for our trans witches. Don’t just be against something bc everyone else is doing it and it’s cool, actually do something about it when you see it. Don’t say that you care about your local trans witches and then…..do dat.

Like maybe I’m talking out of my ass bc im very much a cisgendered femme girl so what do I know about transphobia but like…come on now. Hopefully I’m not overstepping boundaries and speaking for/over trans people but I can’t help but think it’s hypocritical bullshit and that its not okay at all.

//finishes ranting