New studies indicate a marked increase in alcohol consumption in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Missionaries threaten the Indigenous communities of Brazil We report on the significant impact of COVID-19 on the Indigenous people of Brazil, specifically in light of a new governmental exception allowing missionaries into Indigenous areas.

Pagan Community Notes: Canadian Heathen becomes Interim Party Leader, a new exhibit at Buckland Museum, and Elizabeth Fisher crosses the Veil In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Robert Rudachyk has been appointed as Interim Leader of Saskatchewan Liberal Party, Elizabeth Fisher, writer and UU leader, crosses the Veil, Unnamed Path receives 501(c)3 status, and a new series “Beyond the Yellow House” describes abuse by “evil witches” in New Mexico.

A new “Beowulf” confronts misogyny in the text – and its translators Eric O. Scott reviews the new translation of Beowulf by Maria Dahvana Headley, which features modern slang and a focus on the poem’s relationship to the women within it.

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